Brian McKnight Quotes
I write about moments, and I don't make blanket statements about anything because no one has all the answers; nobody's come up with a foolproof way to do anything when it comes to emotions.
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When think about the Frank Oceans of the world, it's not like we don't have gay men within the hip-hop community.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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I had all the fame anyone could want, and I ran away from it.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
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My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!
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I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling - to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!
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You don't actually have control of the position people want you to be in. If they say, 'You king of the blacks,' you're king of the blacks - whether you like it or not.
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I had a stalker break into my house a couple times. They didn't leave any fingerprints or take anything - I was being followed.
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Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.
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What kind of society have we become when children in a great city cannot rely on mothers or fathers for a bowl of cereal in the morning and a brown bag with a sandwich and apple in it for lunch?
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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I never listened to the Grateful Dead as a teen; the only exposure I got was what came through the walls when my sister was listening to them.
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I feel blessed to be having a really easy pregnancy.
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I was walking around bored one day, and I started filming stuff with my cellphone. There are all these shows where people are trying to do these outrageous stunts, and I thought it would be funny to do all these stunts that aren't outrageous but then act like they are.
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Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.
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I have this rule now that I keep people around me who I enjoy being with when I'm sober.
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What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties.
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When I hung up my toe shoes, I didn't look back. In all my years, I have never looked back.
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You get these moments of thrill. There you are, at 3:00 in the morning, and you know something about how we evolved that nobody else in the world knows. It's a thrill of discovery. You make this breakthrough, and you find something. It's this wonderful, wonderful scavenger hunt when you got to the end. It's just so great to be a scientist.
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I write about moments, and I don't make blanket statements about anything because no one has all the answers; nobody's come up with a foolproof way to do anything when it comes to emotions.
