Jo Brand Quotes
I like the purity of stand-up because it is all about whether people laugh at your jokes. Either they laugh or they don't.
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I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.
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If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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National partition is a sorrow that touches all Koreans, but for me it is brought to the fore by unimaginable personal suffering.
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We have much to be judged on when he comes, slums and battlefields and insane asylums, but these are the symptoms of our illness and the result of our failures in love.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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Food-wise, oh man, I tend to really indulge on vacation because a lot of my friends are incredible chefs. One friend makes an eggplant parmesan that is heavenly and melts in your mouth, and another makes a chocolate pudding that I can't resist.
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Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience.
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If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance number in Kashmir. Kashmir was India's fairyland. Indians went there because in a hot country you go to a cold place. People would be entranced by the sight of snow.
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I need to have proper equipment when I work out, and the Nike Frees are light, comfortable, and great for training. I also usually bring a short-sleeve or long-sleeve compression shirt and a pair of shorts.
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
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I do not like being famous. I like being normal.
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My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don't even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it's like awards don't mean anything.
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After I got to Hollywood, I resented that I didn't get a crack at more dramatic roles because I photographed so beautifully.
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In the depth of the near depression, that he faced when he came in, Barack Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress provided 'recovery funds' that literally kept our classrooms open. Two years ago, these funds saved nearly 20,000 teacher and education jobs - just here in North Carolina.
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If it doesn't come through the Internet, it's not really compelling to me.
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I'm a big foodie, I do a lot of yoga - I love yoga - I love running... I just enjoy being really active, and traveling.
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Somehow, in my head, I don't think I'll die. I know that everybody dies, of course. I just think that it'll never come to me. It's crazy, but there it is.
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I like the purity of stand-up because it is all about whether people laugh at your jokes. Either they laugh or they don't.
