Jaylen Brown Quotes
I really like black. I love wearing black, different aesthetics and shades. I like earth tones. Those are my go-tos.
Quotes to Explore
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Thanks to aid, a distressing number of African leaders care little about what their citizens want or need - after all it's the reverse of the Boston tea-party - no representation without taxation.
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I'm not really a mainstream novelist!
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I was fortunate enough to hook up with Quincy Jones and had a lot of success. But the music of the '80s really changed when the '90s hit. For me to chase that dream or career of music, I started a family, started on 'Melrose Place,' so it was something I didn't have the time or energy.
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The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
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The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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The biggest part of my fashion choices is how comfortable it is.
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.
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I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working in the theatre because of the camaraderie.
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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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If you set out to write an adjective novel, you're setting out to write a mediocre novel; your allegiance is to the adjective, not to the story, and then that just sucks all the joy right out of it.
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There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?
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If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available.
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I wanted to go to New York and be a stage actress, doing things like Chekhov. None of that happened, and then I went to L.A. and an agent said, 'I think you belong in commercials and TV.' So I did that and got some opportunities that I absolutely love.
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I did not think I would be able to do myself justice if I had to speak to the players in English. I would not be able to get my emotions and feelings across.
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I love outdoor winter activities like snow tubing and snowball throwing.
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How much of a book review is about the reviewer? Sometimes it's mostly about the reviewer!
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Everybody says, 'I have problems overcooking steak on the grill,' but just take it off earlier! Grilling is really common sense. It's very simple. You should think of a grill as a burner - it just happens to have grates. You shouldn't be intimidated by it.
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The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.
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They say that in space, nobody can hear you scream. The first time I stepped out of the airlock, I was ready to scream - not because I was scared but because I was so excited to see the Earth below me.
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Romance is one of the things that most countries share, and I've noticed how different communities have their own ways of singing about love and heartbreak.
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I really like black. I love wearing black, different aesthetics and shades. I like earth tones. Those are my go-tos.
