Brandon Stanton Quotes
I think everyone feels alone in their sadness, and there's a certain value to hearing other people's sad stories.
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If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create.
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People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions.
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It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease.
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When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument.
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I'm so tired of this vision of fashion of a diva with a big ego, and you think of big dark glasses to be pretentious and keep far away from the people.
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I want to be in control of how my music is released and how I create it. What people don't talk about when they talk about major labels is how many artists get dropped or funding gets dropped when they don't recoup quick enough.
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It's human nature to want to be with other people.
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Many people who want to be great aren't willing to do the work to make it possible!
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Strange, to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition, every man and wife gazing and smiling at them.
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To be aware of others' accomplishments and the indebtedness we have to so many people is to appreciate and begin to respect all members of the human family.
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It's such a small industry here you inevitably end up working with the same people over and over again. There are only so many actors to go around, which is good for us.
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People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.
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Most people know Muslims in their community but don't realize it.
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Diversity in the industry is very lacking, and equal opportunity comes very far and few between for people of color.
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The thing that always attracted me to New York was the sense of being in a place where a lot of people had a lot of stories not unlike mine. Everybody comes from somewhere else. Everyone's got a Polish grandmother, some kind of metamorphosis in their family circumstances. That's a very big thing - the experience of not living where you started.
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What people ask for has nothing to do with the value of a property. You might see a listing for $300,000 and think you should make a $250,000 bid. But hyper-focus on what the house is worth. You should know what the house is worth by looking at comparable properties. Base your bid on that.
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I don't think people do anything out of fear very well. So I think the only choice is to have them intrinsically motivated.
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As long as you make your own decision and do thing because it feels good to you, there will always be people who agree and people who don’t.
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I tried writing a novel, but plays were the thing that kept feeding me, asking me to come back, sit down and be with them.
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I don't really mind criticism in music or in shows and stuff like that at all. I mean, it doesn't really worry me even if it's like out of place. At least it's relevant.
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Ideal government would be a very boring job - it would be a matter of organizing a lot of utilities and keeping the wires together and the power plant and all that kind of stuff. It's not a matter of telling people how to live, it's a matter of making it pleasant for them to live. Government should be in the position of distributing food, stuff like that.
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I think everyone feels alone in their sadness, and there's a certain value to hearing other people's sad stories.
