Mehcad Brooks Quotes

There are so many of us that just do things to pay bills, but I never wanted that to be me.

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• The whole world has American dreams. This country has people from all parts of the world. We have Irish who live here, we have Brazilians.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • People
  • World
  • Live

• Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • People
  • Me
  • Fame

• There's no way I set out to be a certain kind of symbol - the way I dress is the way I am, the way I live my life.

  

  Pamela Anderson
  • Life
  • Dress
  • Symbol

• With the dreary season in which we travelled part of the route; with our minds much more actively employed in forming resources for our preservation from famine.

  

  Zebulon Pike
  • Season
  • Minds
  • Resources

• A certain number of people seek power over other people in a desperate attempt to find themselves. They fail, for self-discovery is spiritual in nature, not social or political. Authoritatively telling other people what to do is their distraction from an inner emptiness they can never fill.

  

  Vernon Howard
  • People
  • Power
  • Nature

• When I'm reading material, if I'm a little bit afraid of a part and I'm willing to admit that to myself, then I'll do it, definitely. If I'm worried about being able to do it, to get it - I absolutely just love it.

  

  Jack Lemmon
  • Reading
  • Afraid
  • Worried

• There was this cereal, and it had a special promotion with a CD inside the box that had a really simple music-making program on it. I got it, and that opened my mind to being able to make music on a computer and seeing all the different layers.

  

  Flume
  • Music
  • Different
  • Mind

• When student performance shows increases on test scores, that improvement is not associated with an increase in 'fluid intelligence' - that is, using logical thinking and problem solving in novel situations, rather than recalling previously learned facts and skills.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Thinking
  • Intelligence
  • Improvement

• I've always wanted to tackle the casual part of dressing. Knits to me are always just easy. I've fantasized about packing a suitcase of only knits: You just throw them in, roll them in a ball, pull them out and they still look fabulous.

  

  Nanette Lepore
  • Look
  • Part
  • Fabulous

• Petty laws breed great crimes.

  

  Ouida
  • Great
  • Laws
  • Petty

• I would have been happy to have waited till I was in my mid- to late-30s before I got married, but you don't choose when these things happen, and when they do, there's no doubt in your mind.

  

  Natalie Imbruglia
  • Mind
  • Happy
  • Doubt

• Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.

  

  Edmond About
  • Life
  • Marriage
  • Battle

• Addiction is a hugely complex and destructive disease, and its impact can be simply devastating. All too often, lives and families can be shattered by it.

  

  Kate Middleton
  • Impact
  • Addiction
  • Often

• We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Relationship
  • Only
  • Threaten

• I think all of us feel like we're a bit on show, all the time.

  

  Tatum O'Neal
  • Time
  • Think
  • Like

• I have my own show at 28 and a Golden Globe. So, yes, I face rejection, but I've also been very fortunate and understand how fortunate I am.

  

  Rachel Bloom
  • Show
  • Rejection
  • Fortunate

• Badminton will gain momentum in a big manner after my win in Olympics. More players will participate in the game now.

  

  Saina Nehwal
  • Game
  • Win
  • Momentum

• I believe eating well, and with people you love, is about feeding your body, heart, and soul - I used juicing to ensure I covered my nutritional bases every day, and as a tool to restore inner balance if my body needed a break from too much indulgence.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • People
  • Believe
  • Soul

• The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking at things.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Heaven

• When I was 20, I wanted to be famous and win a Grammy and have people respect and love me.

  

  Andra Day
  • People
  • Respect
  • Famous

• I always have several books on the go at any one moment, so it's no good you asking 'What's on the bedside table at the moment, Emma?' because often I can't even see the table!

  

  Emma Watson
  • Good

• To change your phrase somewhat, I know that I like an art where disparate elements form an entity.

  

  James Schuyler
  • Art

• There are so many of us that just do things to pay bills, but I never wanted that to be me.

  

  Mehcad Brooks