Brownie McGhee Quotes
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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We do not interfere in U.S. politics... and Europeans expect that America does not interfere in European politics.
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Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.
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I saw 'Hamilton' when it was at the Public, and I just wept profusely in my seat because this is a form I love deeply, and to watch it be reinvented in such a genius, gifted way and executed by such a brilliant company of human beings, I was overwhelmed with not just appreciation for the piece of work itself but for the possibility.
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Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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I don't envy young actors.
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Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.
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We will stand by the Paris climate deal.
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I was a horrible student.
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The crucial thing is to arouse the awareness that as a matter of human conscience we can never permit the people of any country to fall victim to nuclear weapons, and for each individual to express their refusal to continue living in the shadow of the threat they pose.
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I don't believe I should be out running for another office instead of running my office.
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That's absolutely one of my main goals, to have a number one on Billboard. That's a big thing for me. That means people are buying and listening to your music.
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It's very difficult to be objective about yourself and your own circumstances, but one thing I do know about is that I grew up surrounded by storytellers.
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Poetry had great powers over me from my childhood, and today the poems live in my memory which I read at the age of 7 or 8 years and which drove me to desperate attempts at imitation.
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My fascination is not for cinema; it's for human nature and human beings because I find it quite difficult being one at times.
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If only the people around you know you're an artist, then you're doing something wrong.
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I think that's what we're all most terrified about: that we'll just die and disappear and we'll leave no trace.
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I have sometimes thought that his bursts of imaginative talk were fatal to his poetic gift. He squandered too much in the heat of personal communication.
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The nature of Ebola is that health-care workers are predominantly affected because of the way that it is spread.
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Everybody acknowledges that the current path we're on is unsustainable, not just for the people who don't have health insurance but for those who do.
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I'm just a low-key guy.
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I have never been a star; I'm just an old character bag.
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Anywhere I'm wanted, I'll go. I've got to be wanted, though.
