Brian K. Vaughan Quotes
By the time you have your protagonist attempting to assassinate the Pope, you've sort of signaled that everything is on the table.
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Kids love to look at pictures of themselves.
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The Heat gave me an opportunity when nobody else wanted to.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem assets over a period of three or four years should not be allowed.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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I have no mouth, and I must scream.
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Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.
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It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.
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I could go off into the wilderness and write fantasy novels for the rest of my life and probably be happy; but I always want to challenge myself.
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The thing about collaborators is that you don’t know you are one whereas as a member of the resistance, you do. In WWII, the worst cases of collaboration weren’t among the real collaborators, that official militia, but among the people at large, who were collaborators without knowing it, by a sort of laxity, an apathy.
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I started at an agency called Intertalent. You copy scripts, you pick up people's dry cleaning, you take their dogs to the vet, you deliver packages, you do whatever they want you to do.
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Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.
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Even though I am an actor, by nature I am what you could call a homely girl.
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The first time I went to Abbey Road and put those headphones on, I discovered I had two voices. I no longer had to shout in the studio, but I can't knock the Cavern or the other clubs because they gave me my strong voice.
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By the time you have your protagonist attempting to assassinate the Pope, you've sort of signaled that everything is on the table.
