John Bracken Quotes
Two thirds of a century ago, we were given a national policy. It was made to fit the conditions of the day.
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I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist I wanted to be.
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I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
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If I went out in killer heels and full makeup, blow dry, the whole thing - anyone dressed up like that could be intimidating to men and women, really. It's so, look at me. Do you know what I mean? But I love women.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You can make all the money you want, but who cares?
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I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.
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There's no such thing as easy, but it's easier when a script is good.
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I'd rather try and cram in another two gags than leave a pause to say, 'Hey, wasn't that bit funny?'
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'Bloo' is a compilation of a few songs I've written over the past year, inspired by the necessity of finding happiness in the people I choose to surround myself with.
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The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful. What if it doesn't look good? What if they made a mistake? I couldn't do it.
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To go back means defeat.
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I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies.
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You have to respect the system. If you have a problem with the system, change the system.
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The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.
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Managers at [the nuclear] sector should know that we need diplomacy and not slogans, .. This [is] where we should use all our leverages with patience and wisdom, without provocation and slogans that can give pretexts to the enemies.
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In my fiction, there's a lot that's borrowed from music. It's never like I'm taking a lyric, but more the mood of a particular song. 'The Boy Detective Fails' was like listening to 'Eleanor Rigby' by The Beatles, this very melancholy-but-poppy song.
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I set myself 600 words a day as a minimum output, regardless of the weather, my state of mind or if I'm sick or well. There must be 600 finished words-not almost right words.
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Two thirds of a century ago, we were given a national policy. It was made to fit the conditions of the day.
