Larry Brown Quotes
When I was 26, I got offered the Connecticut job, but the ABA started, and I thought I could still play.
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Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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The only lottery I've ever won was a $100 scratch-off card at age 16, and the 7-Eleven clerk who sold it to me said I was too young to claim my winnings.
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Getting divorced didn't sour me on the institution of marriage. I'll tell you what I'll never do: I'll never get divorced again.
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I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.
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There's no business like show business.
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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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Utahns deserve well thought out policy and plans.
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Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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I'm not small, I'm space-efficient.
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The surveillance of ordinary people is far greater than I would have imagined and far greater than the American public has been able to debate.
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This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and as much as possible convert all of their manufacturing facilities to the immediate needs of the war, including civilian, as well as military requirements.
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If Youku had adopted YouTube's business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist.
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If I pop off and do something drastic, everyone's going to realise because they know I'm 50. Anyway, middle-aged women are sensational.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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I was surprised I was nominated for an Oscar because 'Cocoon' was such an ensemble picture. But now I'm certain it wasn't only for 'Cocoon.' It was a lifetime award, so I accepted it in that vein, and it probably meant more from a recognition standpoint.
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The job of president is to motivate, to inspire, to be side by side with people making sure that they develop all their capacities and that I remove all the obstacles they have to grow by themselves.
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My job is exhilarating. It's challenging. I find that the governance part of it, the decision making part of it - actually comes - comes pretty naturally. I think I've got a great team. I think we're making good decisions. The the hardest thing about the job is staying focused. Because there's so many demands and decisions that are pressed upon you.
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I do think that I am fundamentally the same relatively simple person I've always been. I just have this flashy, wacky job [actress] that confuses people into thinking that I'm somehow ultrafascinating.
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When I was 26, I got offered the Connecticut job, but the ABA started, and I thought I could still play.
