Jo Brand Quotes
There have been some very extreme hecklers in audiences whose bile was so hateful and so meant that it would be a bit frightening to think that all I'm doing is jokes and yet someone hates me that much.
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I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
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I'm really enjoying living in Los Angeles. It's a great city to live in. I'm living a very suburban domesticated lifestyle out there - a two bedroomed little bungalow with two cars, and we're just driving around, going to meetings here and there - it's lovely!
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The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
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I can tell you, all the intelligence services in the world were running my name through their databases to see did anyone by this name come in the country? When? Do we know anything about it? Where did she stay? Who did she see?
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In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
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I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are my weakness.
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Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.
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I do suspect that this world is hell.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I've got enough people listening to me. Not because I'm conscious, but because I'm dope.
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There have been periods of my life when I was heavier, like right after high school I definitely gained that freshman 15. It was tough to lose. Ever since then, I know that I can gain weight, so I try to be careful.
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Hope is the raw material of losers.
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One of the major goals of health insurance reform is to bring down the cost.
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I copied my brother. He was a natural dancer. Graceful. People always asked did we study ballet. We never did.
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I'm known as a strange, aloof kind of man. But all I'm doing is trying to protect myself and my work.
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I think Julianne Moore is the most radiantly beautiful human being and isn't messing with nature too much. She seems like a woman who treats her body like a temple. I cannot relate to that!
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True success, true happiness lies in freedom and fulfillment.
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A man who allows wild passion to arise within, himself burns his heart, then after burning adds the wind that thereto which ignites the fire again, or not, as the case may be.
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When Walt Disney was making his films, he trusted his instincts and made films for himself, but they appealed to everybody, not just kids.
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Never let failure discourage you. Every time you get to the base of a mountain (literal or metaphorical), you're presented with a new opportunity to challenge yourself, to push your limits beyond what you thought possible, to learn from climbers on the trail ahead of you, and to take in some amazing views. Your performance on the mountain you climbed last week or last month or last year doesn't matter - because it's all about what you are doing right now.
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Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.
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I conceived at least one great love in my life, of which I was always the object.
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There have been some very extreme hecklers in audiences whose bile was so hateful and so meant that it would be a bit frightening to think that all I'm doing is jokes and yet someone hates me that much.
