Brandon Webb Quotes
Mainstream news covers war and gets everything wrong. I'd rather learn what's happening from soldiers with combat experience. It's like a former NFL player giving play-by-play. We bring the expert commentary.
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I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.
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The first movie I really clicked with was 'Die Hard' when I was 6 years old, which is crazy that I was watching it that young. That was the one that made me want to become an actor.
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Furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed.
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For some small number of people, a parental loss appears to be, ultimately, a desirable difficulty - again, not a large number.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
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I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.
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I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
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It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.
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The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be utilized to influence other countries.
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I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into it.
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I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.
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The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning.
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Sometimes, success almost haunts you. You want to be the best at everything you do and know you have to work hard.
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Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.
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For the longest time, I wanted to become a pianist. That was kinda my thing.
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I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did everything for his kids, and he never made us feel like he was pressured. I know that it must be a great feeling to be a guy like that.
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It should therefore be difficult in a republic to declare war; but not to make peace.
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During Breaking The Waves, I was on my own in a hotel room. I think I would have been impossible to live with. When you go home, you have to pretend to be the person you are at home.
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The Opposition should be concentrating on opposing the government rather than involving themselves in endless speculation.
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Mainstream news covers war and gets everything wrong. I'd rather learn what's happening from soldiers with combat experience. It's like a former NFL player giving play-by-play. We bring the expert commentary.
