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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Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away.
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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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When I read the script and saw the jazz music setting, and when I read the name of the filmmaker was Damien Chazelle, I immediately got this mental image of Antoine Fuqua.
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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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Sometimes in this whole Medicare prescription drug debate, we focus on the prescription drug benefit, and I am glad we do because it is the first time we have ever offered real help to seniors, especially the poor, those in need.
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What matters right now is this: we're each of us standing here, together, alive, together.
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As I stood alone and forsaken, and the power of the sea and the battle of the elements reminded me of my own nothingness, and on the other hand, the sure flight of the birds recalled the words spoken by Christ: Not a sparrow shall fall on the ground without your Father: then, all at once, I felt how great and how small I was; then did those two mighty forces, pride and humility, happily unite in friendship.
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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.
