Jo Brand Quotes

I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways.

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• I've had laser eye surgery and I don't wear glasses any more, so people just go, 'You're not Damien Hirst.' I don't get recognized on the street.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • People
  • Eye
  • Glasses

• It is time Australian Muslims stop being treated as negotiable citizens in their own country. It is time people stop 'tolerating' us, presuming some right to decide if we have a place in our own home.

  

  Randa Abdel-Fattah
  • People
  • Time
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• What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Great
  • Man
  • Literature

• I'm not a fan of people romanticizing their loved ones in death.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • People
  • Death
  • Loved

• When you say 'control freak' and 'OCD' and 'organized,' that suggests someone who's cold in nature, and I'm just not. Like, I'm really open when it comes to letting people in. But I just like my house to be neat, and I don't like to make big messes that would hurt people.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Nature
  • House

• It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • People
  • Great
  • Day

• All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were cool in their younger years.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Cool
  • Trust

• Something like 'The Matrix' would be ideal, something where it's super agents and wire work and special effects - not necessarily running from bombs and shooting people. Something more sleek, like an assassin.

  

  Nadine Velazquez
  • People
  • Work
  • Running

• Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.

  

  Karen Kain
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  • Love
  • Remember

• I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.

  

  Gabourey Sidibe
  • People
  • Think
  • Me

• Nobody should be too boastful or too proud about their security because there are people who have a major interest in cracking the security of networks, the security of companies.

  

  Randall L. Stephenson
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  • Proud
  • Security

• Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it's lacking substance, and it's difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It's not about the actual music because it's about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package.

  

  Ziggy Marley
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  • Music

• Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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  • Achievement

• 'Moonlight' changed me. To see people so moved by this movie inspires me to find something else to offer. And maybe the next one touches only five people or maybe just one person. To me, you know, that would still be worth it.

  

  Barry Jenkins
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  • Worth

• I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.

  

  Oscar Levant
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• I always did TV commercials and made great money to put myself through school. That became guest starring roles on TV shows.

  

  Malin Akerman
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  • School
  • Money

• My voice has always been kind of distinct - even when I was four years old, my mom told me that people would be like, 'Why does your daughter always sound like a chain smoker?' I've always had this deep, raspy voice.

  

  Banks
  • People
  • Why
  • Mom

• I loved everything about Spain - the people, the language, and the food!

  

  Karlie Kloss
  • People
  • Food
  • Language

• A lot of people would be happy that they got through a long career and had a chance to play as many times in the finals. To me, I wanted to win for the franchise and for the people. And when you can't do that, it's devastating, particularly for someone like me.

  

  Jerry West
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• And there will be a time, not for long, a month is enough, or a week, when every single person will be able to completely fulfill what they were meant to be—everything their bodies and souls have offered them, not what other people have dumped on them.

  

  David Grossman
  • People
  • Person
  • Enough

• Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist.

  

  John Roger Stephens
  • Style

• Well I don't feel sectarian against sparseness, although I sometimes get a little chippy about this. I resent the way that a certain notion of parsimony has become the norm for skilful literary writing.

  

  China Mieville
  • Writing

• When a publisher spends an inordinate amount on an acquisition, it will do everything in its power to make that project a market success.

  

  Anita Elberse
  • Power
  • Success

• I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways.

  

  Jo Brand
  • People
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