Brie Larson (Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers) Quotes
I know it's odd. But when I was getting scuba certified, it was explained very early on that you never get to just strap on a tank and jump into the ocean. You have to know how deep you're going, and the deeper you go, the less amount of time you stay down there - and it takes longer to get to the surface.
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I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.
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Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.
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Because we're able to adjust for compatibility - and what that means is we've already normalized for how well we think each person is going to get along with the other person - the only factor left in determining response rate, really, is the aesthetic appearance of the person who sent you that message.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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Things that happen in Wyoming are things that wouldn't happen in a big city - we've got bears, we've got a lot of shotguns - in Absaroka County, everybody's got a shotgun in the back of their car!
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I think socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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Salaries and wages must reflect the reality of the enterprise's economic performance; deviations from the planned performance should be reflected in pay.
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All through my life, I was hated on. When I was in middle school, they used to write in my rhyme book, 'You suck' or 'This sucks.'
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I'm a hopeless romantic and I believe that you can find love in many different places and be very conflicted. I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale.
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When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.
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I do think that I can sing, though I actually like voices I can't imitate.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.
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I'm always the interrogator. When I was an actor in rep, I always played sinister parts. The directors always said, 'If there's a nasty man about, cast Harold Pinter.'
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As an Ambassador for PSI and a supporter of Nothing But Nets, I have met individuals around the world who are lending their ideas, their voices, and their time to improve their communities and the world at large. And there are millions more that I have not met.
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But then, even with sex, I'm more in the school of less is more in movies.
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I love 'Scrubs.' It's the best day job in the world.
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Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time.
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I find time to write the way kids find time to ride their bikes.
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Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.
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Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful.
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What I wanted to do was use literature and different kinds of stories and poems as a springboard, tapping into the creativity of our teens - I wanted teenagers to come up with their own creative responses to literature - using books themselves as a starting point.
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I know it's odd. But when I was getting scuba certified, it was explained very early on that you never get to just strap on a tank and jump into the ocean. You have to know how deep you're going, and the deeper you go, the less amount of time you stay down there - and it takes longer to get to the surface.
