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 had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you.
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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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The lords and ladies pass a rulingThat sons and girls go hand in landFrom good stock and the best breedingPaid for by the servile class.
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You know you poor when you eatin' breakfast food late. You fryin' toast? At nine o'clock at night? With bacon? You're broke.
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I don't even like to talk about it. I hated being a number and not merely because I was a very small one. I let them bellow at me for just as long as it took me to find enough pluck to bellow back at them.
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Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together; then you leave an exit through which both the captor and the captive can walk with sincerity and dignity.
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Anywhere I'm wanted, I'll go. I've got to be wanted, though.
