Brian Michael Bendis Quotes
In the history of comics and movies and music too, it's always when things are at their bottomed-out, either creatively or financially, there's more chance-taking going on.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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I don't like to practice; I like spontaneity. When I don't play guitar for a week and I pick it up again, I play better.
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I am healthy and happy.
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Certainly our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters need to be supported in living out their call to holiness.
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We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.
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There are a lot of mindless moments in my tunes.
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.
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Programs like food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and job retraining help Americans get back on their feet when they are down and out and laid off through no fault of their own.
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Girls, to me, growing up were very, very petty and didn't want me to succeed and didn't want the best for me.
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Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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The University of Southern California has a wonderful social work department, and I was thrilled to find out that they have a whole veterans' initiative program there. They approached me, and I set up a scholarship that would go to a military-oriented person to learn techniques and skills to better help veterans.
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I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.
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I could walk into anyone's home one time and draw a three-dimensional architectural plan of the inside of their home from memory, but I could not add up a column of numbers.
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I look for someone whose upbringing was somewhat similar to mine because they can understand me - love for the family and everything else. You see someone's relationship with their parents, and you realize what that person's going to be like as a parent.
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The more melancholy side of my literary personality is much in tune with BS Johnson's.
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I just can't put the pressure on of winning a championship, winning a championship, because then I'd never be able to sleep.
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Music is about the performance.
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'Cause when I had my child, people tried to make me feel like life was over for me, and I started to believe that.
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In the history of comics and movies and music too, it's always when things are at their bottomed-out, either creatively or financially, there's more chance-taking going on.
