Jo Brand Quotes
I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.
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I've had jokes stolen a thousand times. But if you can do it better than me, you can have it. I've had jokes stolen from me in the club when I'm next on stage. And my brain will start to turn, and the gears will start turning, and I'll go onstage and create a whole new bit.
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Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.
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I'm such a bad shopper for myself. I love fashion and all that kind of stuff, but that's sort of the last thing I want to do when I'm done with a film is go shopping. I want to just chill.
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Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop.
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Grass-roots work is not flashy, and rarely celebrated on the national media level, but that is where change begins.
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I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.
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I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed.
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If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
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Jesus of Nazareth was a poet, no less than a prophet, of pre-eminent genius.
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In order to be an image of God, the spirit must turn to what is eternal, hold it in spirit, keep it in memory, and by loving it, embrace it in the will.
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Enjoy your food, enjoy your life.
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I always try to be true to who I am and just be myself.
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Writing a memoir is such a private, personal experience that it's intimidating to think of adapting it for television.
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I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds. They're the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I've ever met, my siblings.
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To create a work of art is to create the world.
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I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody Allen movies there are dubbed into Italian.
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I want to play Eva Peron. I've already done a lot of Shakespeare, but I'd like to do Lady Macbeth.
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You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.
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We need a government, not politics. Because there's too much politics. Of course there should be debate. But there seems to be so much pettiness and not enough good faith. It is civilized to agree to disagree, and this idea is slowly disintegrating. The great statesmen of the past knew this, and I think it helps drive civilization.
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I'm very excited about some of the novels that I have adapted. I think they're equally as powerful, if not more. Going After Cacciato (by Tim O'Brien) is something I'm very passionate about.
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He that defers his charity 'till he is dead, is (if a man weighs it rightly) rather liberal of another man's, than of his own.
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You have to enjoy playing. The old-timers did, and that's one reason why their music is a lasting music. I feel that I play jazz to entertain the listener, and you just can't do that unless you yourself are entertained at the same time.
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I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.
