Brin-Jonathan Butler Quotes
When I first asked my boxing coach, two-time Olympic champion Hector Vinent, what made the Cuban style of fighting distinct from the rest of the world, he smiled and told me to sit on a bench in Prado and watch the Cuban women walk.Brin-Jonathan Butler
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I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
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Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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I've been an entrepreneur all my life, and my recent focus is on finding entrepreneurial solutions to address global challenges in healthcare and education.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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One of the things the novel can do is address big questions in ways that are accessible to people. It's not that I want to teach people, but these are the things that interest me, and this is my medium for exploring ideas, and I think the potential of novels to do that is massive.
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Yoga carves you into a different person - and that is satisfying physically.
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My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
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When I'm in need of a quick meal or party dish, a burger is hands-down my go-to pick! Burgers are easy, fast, and don't even require utensils to eat, making them the perfect get-together main course, tailgating essential, and simple dinner recipe to whip up any night of the week.
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My role is not to choose between safeguarding the economy and protecting the environment - it's about doing both.
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President Bush and his administration have tried to pull the wool over our eyes and distract the public from this possibly illegal domestic spying scandal.
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The struggles don't define you. It's how you handle them that determines who you are.
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The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.
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When I first asked my boxing coach, two-time Olympic champion Hector Vinent, what made the Cuban style of fighting distinct from the rest of the world, he smiled and told me to sit on a bench in Prado and watch the Cuban women walk.
Brin-Jonathan Butler