Bret McKenzie Quotes
One of the mistakes I made was thinking chickens and penguins could sing, just like all the other animals in the 'Muppets.' But it turns out those animals are not allowed to sing words.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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I think that our civilisation is very much a visual civilisation - television and videos and all this.
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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
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The win-win situation is the basis for America's entire business world. Instead of wasting our time attempting to defeat each other, let's find a way that will make both of us gain and go home satisfied. In Israel, it doesn't work because the only meaning of victory is seeing your rival's body lying trampled on the floor.
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When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.
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Guys in slavery sang praises to the Lord to deliver them from bondage.
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Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted.
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I would say that I quite consciously rely on my obsessions in all my work, that I deliberately set up an obsessional frame of mind. In a paradoxical way, this leaves one free of the subject of the obsession.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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It's always nice to have more than just two hands if you're making cakes.
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The United States needs to hold China accountable for its facilitation of North Korea's illicit weapons program instead of rewarding Beijing for complacency.
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In my opinion, faith helps in many contexts.
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Oh, yes; you Virginians shed barrels of perspiration while standing off at a distance and superintending the work your slaves do for you. It is different with us. Here it is every fellow for himself, or he doesn't get there.
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If any of us caught a fever during pregnancy, we would seek advice and support from a doctor. Getting help with our mental health is no different - our children need us to look after ourselves and get the support we need.
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You have a guy like Bernie Madoff literally steal $80 billion, you know, AIG steal hundreds of billions, Goldman Sachs. Crime has changed so much, and to really do a movie with, like, drug dealers or drug smugglers is kind of almost quaint at this point.
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I've had Republicans come to me and say, 'Tell me how I should talk to young people!' as if it's some foreign language or something.
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To establish personal relationships with the people you work with is stupid, because you never know when the winds will change. I try not to get too close to people.
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I'd always read omnivorously and often thought much literary fiction is read by young men and women in their 20s as substitutes for experience.
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I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I'll probably... drop writing children's books and become a political cartoonist again.
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Through the years, I have combined meditation, action, and the Iron into a single strength. I believe that when the body is strong, the mind thinks strong thoughts. Time spent away from the Iron makes my mind degenerate. I wallow in a thick depression. My body shuts down my mind.
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One of the mistakes I made was thinking chickens and penguins could sing, just like all the other animals in the 'Muppets.' But it turns out those animals are not allowed to sing words.
