Jo Brand Quotes
I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes.
Quotes to Explore
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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One of the things I love about acting is that I can enter into these other people's lives. But going back to being me at the end of the day is very important, too. That process of remembering who I am.
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Grandfather was an old-fashioned pharmacist who never ceased venting his resentment at the growing number of retail items the drugstore had to carry, and he would go into periods of fearful rage when the subject of chain stores was raised.
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The United States of America became the envy of the world because we welcomed the best and brightest minds from anywhere on the planet and gave them the opportunity to succeed.
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Actors don't have real value.
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Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
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I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.
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The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.
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I think to just single out a highlight of Elvis's career is pretty much impossible. As far as being a fan of his, a lifetime fan, there were just too many highlights.
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I've been acting since age 8. I just stopped enjoying it as much as I used to.
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Sometime early in life, I developed the notion - one which I have never relinquished - that writing a novel is the very finest thing a person can do.
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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
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I don't want to be in 'Expendables 5.' You can keep those kind of movies.
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I love English rock music the best and have always been fascinated by The Clash, especially Joe Strummer, their singer.
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Europe has the technology, the strategic and economic might to defend itself.
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I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,'_ 'tender' or 'universal.' But to the real question of what's inside: I avoid books that seem to conservatively follow stale formulas. I don't read for plot, a story 'about' this or that.
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They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
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Beneath a mask of selfish tranquility nothing exists except bitterness and boredom. I am one of those whom suffering has made empty and frivolous: each night in my dreams I pull the scab off a wound; each day, vacuous and habit-ridden, I help it re-form.
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People understand we're on the doorstep of doing something really historic that will help the American people and strengthen our country for the long run.
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There is always an element of play in form, however 'serious' the expression.
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Someone once told me we have in our minds who we want, and often those aren't the people we actually want. Like, once there was a girl I thought was perfect for me - I had every box checked with her. But I just didn't feel anything.
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Whenever Don Knotts and I were waiting for lighting cues, we would sing hymns in harmony, ... The show depicted Barney as tone deaf, but Don has a beautiful tenor voice.
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There was a time when someone would get on a plane and request to move their seat just because the person sitting next to them was of a different ethnicity or religion or nationality. But I don't think my generation wants that. That's how it used to be.
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I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes.
