Jo Brand Quotes
I swam at school a lot. Long-distance swimming in pools, and diving, then when we moved to Hastings when I was 13 I used to swim in the sea all the time; I loved it out of season and when it was rough.
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With network, shows are pulled half the time after three episodes whether they're good or they're not good. It's a numbers game. With cable, they can take a lot more liberties.
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Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
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Sea ice conditions have remained stable in Antarctica generally.
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Sometimes sushi is just superb, and other times there's nothing like a great big steak. It depends where your taste buds are at the time.
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I've done a pretty good job of hitting 18-34-year-old males, and not such a good job of reaching kids. Disney has done a great job of reaching kids, but maybe not the 18-34-year-olds. I figure I can learn a lot from Disney, and maybe, I don't know, they can learn a lot from me.
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I didn't know at all I wanted to do TV. I thought I might go to law school. I might want to become a history professor.
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I found it hard being a full-time mum and take my hat off to anyone who can do it.
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When you have teachers saying, 'I don't have enough time for hands-on activities,' we need to rethink the way we do education.
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After all these years of cooking and writing recipes, I am still amazed every time I notice how even the minutest of variation in technique can make a spectacular difference.
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After school, I'd hang out at the Borders bookstore until it closed.
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I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.
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There's not a day goes by that I don't appreciate the freedom that I have to make music and tour and spend time with my family.
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We have 26,000 genes. But a blind, millimetre-long roundworm with only 959 cells in total already has over 19,000.
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I still feel like I've got a lot of great football in front of me and the way that I've taken care of myself better the last few years. I think is going to put me in position to be able to play really well late in my 30s and even in my early 40s, possibly, if they'd like to keep me around that long and I can still play a little bit.
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You know, there is a long tradition in the U.S. of, um, promoting elections up to the point that you get an outcome you don't like. Look at Latin America in the Cold War.
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Most people in archeology find their specialties in strange and unique ways. I always wanted to do archaeology, and then the time came for me to actually be in the field, and it was excruciatingly boring. Excavation is really, really boring.
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All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.
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As long as I've known music, Bose has been the company to listen to. They're a lot of fun to work with, but also being able to associate yourself with such a high-quality product is great.
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Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement which tries to work out the most effective ways to improve the world. Effective altruists - conform to old-school utilitarian principles - consider all causes and actions, and then act in the way that they believe brings about the greatest positive impact.
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Any role that big is going to be a challenge for any actor, but for an actor of a young age, it's going to be even tougher.
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We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective reference to the law of God.
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On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you.
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For some reason I only crave fruit when I'm in a tropical place - if it's really hot in the summer or if I go to a tropical island for work. But otherwise I really don't crave it.
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I swam at school a lot. Long-distance swimming in pools, and diving, then when we moved to Hastings when I was 13 I used to swim in the sea all the time; I loved it out of season and when it was rough.
