Jo Brand Quotes
I think it's difficult, if you're a quite private person like I am, to write about your life very intimately.
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I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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There's an energy in an urban core that you just don't get anywhere else.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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I used to buy records in high school. Mainly dancehall: Super Cat, Buju Banton.
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I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
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To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do.
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I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.
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But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood.
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He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
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Ask the right questions if you're to find the right answers.
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Growing new limbs, copying internal organs like a Xerox machine, exponential increases in computing power, better eyes and ears - I could read stories like this endlessly.
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I think metal and horror definitely go hand in hand. Even when you go to a horror convention and meet the fans, nine out of 10 times if they're not wearing some sort of horror shirt, they're wearing a shirt with a metal band on it.
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Money is not important to me. What makes me feel successful is making the people I love happy.
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It is the stupidest children who are most childish and the stupidest grown-ups who are most grown-up.
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I felt it was vital to stress the importance of national security in this debate and the need for a clear path to our exit from the European Union. I hope I have achieved both these objectives.
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Winning the gold medal should have been the happiest day of my entire life, and it just wasn't. It felt like the saddest day of my life. Everyone was so angry with us, that Scott and I had fallen in love, because it was so unprofessional, and we were a disgrace and had betrayed everybody.
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I followed all life's pleasures wherever they would lead, but someone I can treasure is all I really need.
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I think it's difficult, if you're a quite private person like I am, to write about your life very intimately.
