Jaylen Brown Quotes
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Incendiary capitalism is carrying its out evil works more dangerously than ever, and is doing so in the increasingly dangerous neighborhood of the powder kegs that are the great European military powers.
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Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.
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I used to think I was a singer; I had my own delusions about it.
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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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The smartest thing I ever did as a writer was hire a retired conservation agent to blaze a hiking trail for me. It's nothing fancy - just a narrow path that meanders for a little over a mile through the woods near my home. But that trail through the trees has become my therapist, my personal trainer, and my best editor.
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I'm not a fan of action movies.
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Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of 'Veedon Fleece' in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man!
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Well, we all have murderous thoughts throughout the day, if not the week.
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Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.
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Fame is a very strange animal.
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I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.
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Being the Children's Laureate has been educational, sometimes hectic, but most of all, great fun.
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All fame is is having people you don't know coming up to you and saying, 'Hello.' I'm always polite and people are always nice, but it's weird.
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The more time goes on, the closer I am to the ground. I've been exposed to so many issues and people living under different pressures. It's helped me realize that a lot of glamorous things that people prioritize really don't matter.
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Every day without fail one should consider himself as dead. There is a saying of the elders that goes, 'Step from under the eaves and you're a dead man. Leave the gate and the enemy is waiting.' This is not a matter of being careful. It is to consider oneself as dead beforehand.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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There's been people who've rapped and produced - like Kanye - but I don't feel like on the rapping side there's ever been a producer who can rap as good as I think I can rap.
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Sometimes the things that come out of my mouth are mortifying.
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It has been said of garlic that everyone knows its odor save he who has eaten it, and who wonders why everyone flies at his approach.
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When you surrender completely to God, as the only truth worth having, you find yourself in service of all that exists. It becomes your joy and recreation. You never tire of serving others.
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It is no good being good in halves of games or in one game and not in the next one.
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I want to prove the naysayers wrong. They're everywhere. And to be honest with you, they're all I see, and they're what motivates me.
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I really feel like there's nothing I can't do on the floor.
