Brian K. Vaughan Quotes
It's cool because I think 'Ex Machina' is a little bit under the radar, which is always when I do my best work - when I feel like no one's paying attention.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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The World Cup is every four years, so it's going to be a perennial problem.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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When you're a caregiver, you need to realize that you've got to take care of yourself, because, not only are you going to have to rise to the occasion and help someone else, but you have to model for the next generation.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that.
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I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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Just look at what is right in front of you. People don't do that. They see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see. They only hear the music and not the lyrics of human events.
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Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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I need my fill of Indian home cooking.
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The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse.
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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I played Woodstock in '69, and it really changed my life. Without a doubt, it was the single event that really changed the way I felt about music. Up to that point, I hadn't really thought of myself as more serious musician, and I didn't really have that much interest in pop music.
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My music, certainly, has never embarrassed me.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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I have to take care of myself. It's about self-preservation.
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I can only speak for myself, and hope people hear my words and see me on television speaking for myself. And, hopefully, they'll be able to make their own judgment. And at the end of the day, I just want my work to speak for itself.
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Hard work does not go unnoticed, and someday the rewards will follow.
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I worry that if I enjoy something - like the songs on 'Some Nights' are about wondering about who you are. I'm never quite sure and I'd hate to feel sort of content and get a good sense of who I am because if I know one thing, that's not me. I don't mind not necessarily being happy about it. And that's fine.
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It's cool because I think 'Ex Machina' is a little bit under the radar, which is always when I do my best work - when I feel like no one's paying attention.
