Brian Chesky Quotes
The American dream, what we were taught was, grow up, own a car, own a house. I think that dream's completely changing. We were taught to keep up with the Joneses. Now we're sharing with the Joneses.
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The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security.
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College is part of the American dream. It shouldn't be part of a financial nightmare for families.
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Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
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The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
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I don't know how old I was when I started writing books. But, I was born in 1931, and I wrote my first book in 1961.
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We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!
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Radical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the minimum wage.
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My house is filled with books, most of which I have read, some of which I intend to eventually get to. I'm always reading at least one work of fiction and one work of non-fiction simultaneously. Whatever mood I'm in, there's always a book nearby to suit it.
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India can live without nuclear weapons. That's our dream, and it should be the dream of the U.S. also.
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I knew the profanity used up and down my street would not go over the air... So I trained myself to say 'Holy Cow' instead.
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The Saints are the elect children of the spouse of Christ, the precious fruit of her body; they are her crown of glory. And when these dear children quit her to reap their eternal reward, the mother retains precious memorials of them and holds up their example to her other children to encourage them to follow their glorious traces.
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I became conflicted in my late teens.
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Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin, but he's standing up for what he believes in and that seems pretty damned American to me.
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My dad was so much fun growing up.
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I'm not the type of person who thinks up a joke and has to tell everyone.
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To grow up five miles outside of the greatest city in the world is a bizarre experience.
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While growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, I dreamed of becoming many things: an archaeologist, an ambassador, an actor, an author.
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I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too!
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The only time I eat alone is if I'm really tired or upset about something or on the phone to one of my friends, when it's easier to be alone. But you can't be too wrapped up in yourself... it starts making you look a little bit prima donna.
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'The Royals' has emerged as a breakout series that has become one of E Network's highest rated shows.
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I'm a procrastinator. Yes, that's an actual term. You know that panic you feel a few hours before a big deadline when you haven't done anything yet? I just feel that a few months ahead of time.
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I have a color-coded computer spreadsheet that divides things down to chapter fragments. Each character's point-of-view is a different color. The text of the manuscript is color-coded the same way. The last thing I do before submitting the manuscript is turn all those colors back to black.
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There's no such thing as a healthy tan, and that's what people need to understand.
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The American dream, what we were taught was, grow up, own a car, own a house. I think that dream's completely changing. We were taught to keep up with the Joneses. Now we're sharing with the Joneses.
