Brooke Elliott Quotes
Honestly, my splurges happen at Target. I'll go and spend, like, $600, and I don't know why! And then I'm really happy about it, but then I'll be like, 'Why did I do that?!'
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I was always more interested in the ultimate live performance rather than the recording for its own sake. And, for the audience too, that thrill of - just being there.
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I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people about it, maybe some people would download it and read it, and maybe I could get some response.
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Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.
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I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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Animals awaken, first facially, then bodily. Men's bodies wake before their faces do. The animal sleeps within its body, man sleeps with his body in his mind.
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No one's better than me. I'm not better than anyone. Whether it's Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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I had a flip phone until I was 25, and I didn't use social media until that age, either.
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My workouts include aerobic exercise for a healthy cardiovascular system; strength training to maintain muscle tone and bone density; core strength exercise for a stable mid-section; and stretching to maintain mobility.
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I do not like violence.
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Yves Saint Laurent was the first person who made me feel like a woman.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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There's this label called Neurotica by these sweet girls that have given me some lovely things to wear, and we might collaborate on making a little piece. They're really lovely, and I think they've been quite inspired by me in turn.
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I love New York. Love it.
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South African literature is a literature in bondage. It is a less-than-fully-human literature. It is exactly the kind of literature you would expect people to write from prison.
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I wrote a techno song about the four things I love in Germany to make myself happy, which are my grandfather, my two poodle pets, bread, and a strange but delicious Turkish dish called Doener Kebab.
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The hard work definitely paid off and hard work always does.
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Surrounding yourself with people who are actively and enthusiastically working toward their best futures will keep you moving toward your own goals.
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I wasted most of my 20s being so frustrated I forgot to have fun. I was so concentrated on one thing - 'Must make movie.'
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I did the Broadway album unfortunately in a year when there were no hits.
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Why was it the hot mean girls always ran in packs, like hyenas?
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I just wanted to be happy in what I did and I wasn’t for a while and I think everyone finds that thing eventually whether it’s way down the road or.. in some people happens earlier in life and it sounds really weird and it sounds like one of those “oh” moments,when I got to play in this band and did that it’s kinda when I…that time I was happy with what I was doing
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Honestly, my splurges happen at Target. I'll go and spend, like, $600, and I don't know why! And then I'm really happy about it, but then I'll be like, 'Why did I do that?!'
