Brett Davern Quotes
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It is easy to see what many people, women especially, admire about Sarah Palin. Here is a mother of five who can see the bright side of having a child with Down syndrome and still find the time and energy to govern the state of Alaska.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.
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Getting your writing criticized can be a lot like getting skinned, and you respond to it just as enthusiastically.
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I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.
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I see myself as extremely lucky.
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People don't know that there were very successful black businessmen in the years of apartheid.
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Man is an imagining being.
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I remember going to church about four times a week. I liked it a lot.
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The universe began as an enormous breath being held. I am glad that it did... until this great exhalation is finished, my thoughts live on.
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Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in one form or another.
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Without justice, the most heinous crimes go unpunished; victims are unable to obtain redress, and peace remains an elusive goal, since impunity generates more hatred, leading to acts of revenge and more suffering.
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I don't get claustrophobic.
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In a budget this massive, there are certainly areas where I think we could do much better.
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Modern capitalism seeks to assure us that it operates according to the principles of free creativity, endless development and diversity. It glosses over its other side in order to hide the reality that millions of people are enslaved by an all-powerful and fantastically stable norm of production. We want to reveal this lie.
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As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.
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He made one laugh sometimes by speaking the truth, but this is a form of humour which gains its force only by its unusualness; it would cease to amuse if it were commonly practised.
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It is a fact not to be disputed, that the aristocracy have not 'progressed ' in proportion to the other classes. A young nobleman of the present day has not a better education than his ancestor in the time of Elizabeth.
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I've been hit in the head so many times, it's hard to remember that far back. I don't remember specific games.
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With the winding down of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States now has an opportunity to implement real defense reforms without having a serious impact on immediate battlefield needs.
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Long live free Quebec!
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What's nice about our tour is you can't remember your bad shots.
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
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I like to do things in which I'm playing someone else entirely.
