Brooke Burke Quotes
I'm not a fan of chrome wheels. I sort of like brushed, brushed steel, more European style.
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I always tell women that the fact that you're different and that you're noticed, because there are few of us in the tech industry, is something you can leverage as an advantage.
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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The world is too violent right now.
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In this business, you get an opportunity, and you pounce on it.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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Memorising my lines is actually something I do fairly well. I look at it a few times and it is pretty much there. When your shooting on TV, they do it in such a way that it is pretty easy.
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with.
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The surveillance of ordinary people is far greater than I would have imagined and far greater than the American public has been able to debate.
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I don't like a lot of rehearsing.
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The Backstreet Boys were so ten years ago. Whatever.
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I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I'm sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don't even know when you're being compromised till after the fact, and that's what you regret.
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Very obsessed fans do ask actors to attend their weddings.
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The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.
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I had a guidance counsellor who made me take an aptitude test, and told me I should be a bricklayer.
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I've never played a character that would sing.
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I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.
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Actually, the fun part was not knowing what the heck I was going to be doing.
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I have never worn dresses by grands couturiers.
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I wish that more people were willing to turn down upfront money in exchange for doing things that are more original. Turning down a seven-figure check has a ripple effect on the budget, which has a ripple effect on the storytelling. The higher the budget gets, the fewer storytelling risks you're able to take.
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Private education can give you confidence, which is marvellous; a sense of entitlement isn't.
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I listen to podcasts when I run because it means my mind still gets stimulated by something else.
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Until the last great war, a general expectation of material improvement was an idea peculiar to Western man. Now war and its aftermath have made economic and social progress a political imperative in every quarter of the globe.
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I'm not a fan of chrome wheels. I sort of like brushed, brushed steel, more European style.
