Brian Fallon Quotes
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I enjoy shopping and going on holiday.
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You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children of everything, even Picasso. But if you want to stand out, you have to learn to crystallize your existence and create your own fingerprints.
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Trust is something I know has to be earned whether you're a husband, a father, or a congressman.
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Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.
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If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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If I can save one kid's life, for me, it's absolutely worth it.
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We don't quite have the same comic book culture as America, but I would watch Spider-Man cartoons and X-Men cartoons and watch Bond as much as anyone on the planet.
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The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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I sang the songs in 'The Doors'.
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China has become a major presence for most countries around the world but notably for its neighboring countries in Asia. So I think it is a common position for Japan and its Asian neighbors that we certainly would strive to maintain as much as possible friendly relations with China.
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Ronald Isley is a musical genius.
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I don't have any style icons, but I get inspiration from my friends. My style motto is that it is better to be overdressed than underdressed.
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Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.
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My father was a gambler. My father could not resist a casino or a card game. He loved gambling.
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White lies keep social dignity intact and are far more prevalent than most people realize. Several studies have found that an average person is lied to from 10 to 200 times a day - mostly just to keep a conversation going, to avoid conflict, or to establish a connection with someone.
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Television is a thing that people get very familiar with. They want to hear your voice in their head.
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Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
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It's crazy: the first black man to actually step foot in America came as a free man, as an explorer, with the Spaniards. That's something for me - as a black American, it gives me a little bit of pride because we were free and respected somewhere else before slavery became what it was.
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We must first listen, then speak - with humility - to genuinely hear the perspectives of those with whom we don't immediately or instinctively agree.
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You can't dwell on what happened. You can't live even a moment stewing in bitterness.
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I was taught to confront things you can't avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where you're trying not to look at it is stupid because looking at death throws us back into life with more vigour and energy. The fact that flowers don't last for ever makes them beautiful.
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It's a beautiful thing, to start over.
