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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If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.
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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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I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.
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If I were to try to describe the way in which I write, the only word I would use without qualification is 'slowly.'
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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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The ability to convince people of the wackiest notions - and both parties can do it - it's part of the dumbing down of America that's really highly problematic.
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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
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If I was gonna go to jail, I don't want to go to jail for stealing a bottle of water. I'll steal that $20 million. At least then it was worth it.
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“War, once declared, must be waged offensively, aggressively. The enemy must not be fended off; but smitten down. You may then spare him every exaction, relinquish every gain, but „til then he must be struck incessantly and remorselessly.”
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Some lines are born quotations, some are made quotations, and some have "quotation" thrust upon them.
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The hope of the world lies in the rehabilitation of the living human being, not just the body but also the soul.
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I tried the guitar, but it had two strings too many. It was just too complicated, man! Plus, I grew up with Steve Cropper. There were so many good guitar players, another one wasn't needed. What was needed was a bass.
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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.
