Brandon Victor Dixon Quotes
I grew up as a Christian, and one of the many things in Christian mythology that did not dovetail with real life is that human beings are not monochromatic in their being.
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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If people really knew what they were getting into with their third chemotherapy treatment, or getting a pacemaker when they're 92, if they really knew what that was going to mean, they might say no, and we should give them that information.
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As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate.
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Certainly our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters need to be supported in living out their call to holiness.
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In fighting, you're not going 200 mph, but there's obviously danger in the sport. If you're a fighter or a NASCAR driver, you're obviously an adrenaline junkie. Both also take a lot of skill.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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It is hard to look away from the swirl of media that the untimely and tragic death of Heath Ledger has engendered, and the Internet has jacked the frenzy into overdrive.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.
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The Obama administration has provided almost no public information about the NSA's compliance record.
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I've always kept a low profile, and I like it that way.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by it.
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I was doing these music videos online for a couple years, and they'd be doing well to varying degrees. And I released an album, and with the album, I released three new music videos, and one of them was featured on Jezebel.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers.
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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
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When I was eight or nine, I wrote a new version of 'Peter Pan' for the school play. They didn't use it - I imagine it was unperformable - but as recompense for not doing my script, I was offered any role, and instinctively went for Captain Hook. I came on trying to be terrifying, but everyone laughed at me.
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Governments around the world are looking for economic growth and job creation. African economies are no exception, with increasing recognition that growth has to be built on a more diversified economic structure in order to make a lasting contribution to development.
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T Bone and I grew up together in Fort Worth, Texas. He had his own recording studio by the time he was seventeen years old. When we were both nineteen he made the first archival recording of my voice.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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I grew up as a Christian, and one of the many things in Christian mythology that did not dovetail with real life is that human beings are not monochromatic in their being.
