Bryan Burrough Quotes
I must be the last person online to have been struck with this realization, but it's amazing how the Internet has empowered hundreds of ordinary people, turning them into little Diane Sawyers and Anderson Coopers as they snap and blog away.
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I feel like most creative people are total freaks.
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Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
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If a superhero knocks over a building, and there are 5,000 people in the building that we can presume are now dead, does it matter? Because they're not people we know. But if one dog we like gets run over by a car, it's the worst thing we've ever seen. I totally understand where that visceral reaction comes from. I have that same reaction.
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I don't want to be known as the one who makes movies for older people.
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There came a moment in my life when I realized that I had stepped into another part of my life. I used to walk into a room full of people and think, do they like me? And one day I walk in and I thought, do I like them?
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So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
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The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
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And once the music is out there, when you're selling a record and selling music and people are going to do whatever they want with it, it's kind of hard to resist certain opportunities, especially in the record market now.
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People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'
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I'm just very pleased and thankful that there was a receptive audience of people that I was able to connect with.
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I don't want to say I took myself too seriously, but I put a lot of pressure on myself coming out of school. I saw so many people leave the business behind, certain opportunities disappear for folks who had to go into other professions. That kind of terrified me. As a result, I wanted things to happen really quickly.
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I don't attempt to make people uncomfortable; I think that my standards in terms of art and journalism always have necessitated my discomfort.
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As an author, you're really grateful for the people who are supporting you, but on some other level, that can be a dangerous echo chamber.
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So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
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Marriage is socialism among two people.
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You can't just take an image and randomly distort it and call it art - although many people in La Jolla where I come from do precisely that.
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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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I know a lot of people who transitioned and dropped out of society for two years. They don't talk to anybody. They become hermits. They try to do everything alone.
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I'm very wary about giving advice. I think it's very dangerous to give advice to people, except if you know them very well.
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I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion.
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When the militias came to Wau, they would blast out 'Thriller' as they moved down the dirt streets.
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Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his righteousness, and was in great reputation in Jerusalem, the greatest city we have.
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I would like to promise and pledge to all of my voters and supporters and to all of the people of the United States that I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election, if I win.
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I must be the last person online to have been struck with this realization, but it's amazing how the Internet has empowered hundreds of ordinary people, turning them into little Diane Sawyers and Anderson Coopers as they snap and blog away.
