Bruce Barton Quotes
Not eating breakfast is the worst thing you can do, that's really the take-home message for teenage girls.
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Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.
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Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough.
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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I'm not stupid, and I can make fun of myself.
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If I want to tuck my son into bed and read him a story, but that means I have to take a red-eye to get to a concert - which I would never think of doing otherwise - that's just the way it is. Even if I can't hit the note that night, I got to tuck my child in!
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I continue to be very shy. I think a lot of actors and performers are really weird, shy people working it out onstage. I don't know why that is.
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Even fictional characters sometimes receive unwarranted medical opinions. Doctors have diagnosed Ebenezer Scrooge with OCD, Sherlock Holmes with autism, and Darth Vader with borderline personality disorder.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.
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No one has ever raised capital because their pitch deck was pretty. A lot of people have raised capital because they were over-prepared, knew where their business was going, and were able to articulate that through a pitch alongside a pitch deck.
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I started classes and it wasn't because I was like, 'I want to be an actor!' - I was really interested in the theory of what acting can be and what it's about. It's all about living in the moment and kind of being present, which is something that at that time in my life I really wanted to explore.
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I think pink is one of the saddest colors in the world, and many American humans are taught not to take anything pink seriously, which is weird.
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There will be mental worries with the long jump before Rio, but I know I can get through it. It's just getting my confidence back. I know I have a big jump in me.
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We're in this entertainment business really to give the audience what they want.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.
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I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great.
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As you get older as a comedian and keep doing it, what you actually start to cherish on stage is not the build-up to the jokes, but how comfortable you can be in the silence and the non-laughing parts, and how long you can take the audience without a laugh to then get a huge reaction.
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In my early 20s, I was a big fan of Theodore Dreiser and might be one of the few people on the planet who have voluntarily read all his novels.
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I want to help others 'think first' before diving into a pool or lake to prevent these types of life-changing accidents. I know I'm in a very fortunate minority and hope my story inspires both adults and children to be more careful.
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There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic.
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Not eating breakfast is the worst thing you can do, that's really the take-home message for teenage girls.
