Brian Keene Quotes
Everything can be grist for the muse. Sometimes, writers draw on personal experiences. 'Ghoul' was just that.
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I began hearing rumors of apossible recording session with Neil Young. I was a huge fan of Neil's.
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My grandparents met each other in amateur theatre. My uncle is an actor.
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Most people, from their second album on, find it much harder to be as spontaneously creative as they were with their first couple of records, and some people only have one thing that they do.
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As long as the dollar remains in high esteem as a trade currency, America can continue to spend more than it earns. But when the day arrives - as it certainly must - when the dollar tumbles and foreigners no longer want it, the free ride will be over.
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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
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Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.
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We live in a democracy. We have this extraordinary opportunity to use our mind and say what we think, speak as we think. Sometimes what we say is objectionable to other people. But that is part of a free society.
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My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.
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The most I like about cooking is eating what someone else has cooked.
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There's parts of it that I connect to - being a father and everything - but 'Mamma Mia!' allows me to go out there and be me and have fun. I've never really had the chance to do that with so much freedom.
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I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
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You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
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When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'
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I know I'm as comfortable doing period as I am contemporary. I suppose we grow up with it in a sense, in the theater. We get to put on costumes and play a lot of period dramas or plays so we're exposed to it a little bit more I think because of our theatrical background.
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I'm not a politician and don't want any part of politics.
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A bear and a rabbit were taking a shit in the woods. The bear turns to the rabbit and says, 'Excuse me, do you have problems with shit sticking to your fur?' And the rabbit says, 'No.' So the bear wiped his ass with the rabbit.
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When a road is very dark it is hard to see the milestones on it.
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Male makeup is men’s titles, status and paying for dates. Makeup is what both sexes use to bridge the gap between the power they have and the power they’d like to have. Both male and female makeup are compensations for feelings of powerlessness.
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The international community have to create pressure on Saleh. One, they have to establish an international commission so they can investigate the killing that is happening...Without that justice, and if they leave Saleh alone, there will be no security and peace, not only in Yemen and our region, but also around the world.
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I'm not the next anyone, I'm the first Maria Sharapova.
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Everyone appreciates me for my honesty. Why shouldn't I speak my mind? I will not say I am blunt. I don't speak about others.
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I have a very good sense of tone, and it's possible to talk about very personal things and maintain a level of dignity and even privacy - to go to the place, to talk about it, but not get icky.
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Everything can be grist for the muse. Sometimes, writers draw on personal experiences. 'Ghoul' was just that.
