Brin-Jonathan Butler Quotes
Cuban eyes often look close to tears. Tears never seem far away because both their pain and their joy are always so close to the surface.
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In the eyes of many people, giving doesn't count unless it's completely selfless. In reality, though, giving isn't sustainable when it's completely selfless.
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I wouldn't live in Chicago cause it's too conservative, aside for the fact that Oprah Winfrey lives there.
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It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients, but that's something you can do with your eyes closed.
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Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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If I like something, I will pick it up from anywhere and wear it. I don't believe that only branded stuff looks good on you. If it doesn't look good in my eyes, I'll never wear it.
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My friends and I were wild and we liked to joy-ride.
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Several years ago, when I was about to start a novel, I thought I might get some mileage out of the idea of a civilization in which people somehow felt - that is, they shared - all the pain and all the pleasure they caused one another.
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Truly, love is delightful and pleasant food, supplying, as it does, rest to the weary, strength to the weak, and joy to the sorrowful. It in fact renders the yoke of truth easy and its burden light.
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Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.
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Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.
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I have shed many tears of pain and indignation.
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Tears at times have the weight of speech.
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It's such a joy to talk to a roomful of people who have read my novel and are eager to talk about it.
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If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a song called 'I Am A Singer', but I rewrote the words for Frank. I was in tears and, when he got up, so was he.
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It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
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The giant squid has the biggest eyes of any animal on the planet. It's a visual predator.
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Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.
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When I was 14, I would sit up in my room and write till my eyes would bleed.
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During the 80s and 90s, we all became consumed with ourselves. In the 21st century, we've come back to simpler times. People are struggling economically and this has forced them to scale back the material aspects of their lives and realise the beauty of finding the simple joy in being with the people we love.
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Words can not express the joy of new life.
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Admitting that Katie had taken too much blood was on par with saying an adult human had pooped their pants or eaten their own boogers!
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The middle of the road is where the white line is - and that's the worst place to drive.
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Cuban eyes often look close to tears. Tears never seem far away because both their pain and their joy are always so close to the surface.
