Paul Brown Quotes
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Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
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I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school.
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I never thought of a career of as a model, and it was a total surprise for me when I won the contest and became Miss Chelyabinsk. Then I started modelling in Paris.
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Citizens United opened a door that's frustrated anyone who's looking.
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I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.
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Even among those who I would not count as 'friends,' I have met many people online who have simply commented on my work or are interested by what I do.
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People want to get to know you. I don't think America got a chance to know me in that short time.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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When I first moved to New York, I was still returning to Tennessee every few months to perform.
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If I were a Negro, I'd be fighting, as Martin Luther King fought, for human recognition and justice. I'd rather go down with my flag flying. If you're weak or crippled, or you can't speak out or fight back in some way, then people don't hesitate to treat you badly.
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I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of that country.
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No dream is ever chased alone.
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To recruit staff, I traveled all over the country talking with people who had been working on one or another aspect of the atomic-energy enterprise and people in radar work, for example, and underwater sound, telling them about the job, the place that we are going to, and enlisting their enthusiasm.
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I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.
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I've always been really active. I grew up playing sports, so I'm always shooting hoops or throwing the football with my friends. I'm super-active in that sense.
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I've always shied away from online data storage. I don't even use my employers' network drives for anything sensitive. I want to control access myself.
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I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means - I love art.
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Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
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If you're going to have a heart attack, mine was the kind to have. I'm thankful that it hasn't affected my output or my capacity to perform. And it has given me a lot to think and write about.
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There is a healthy American newspaper tradition of not taking yourself seriously It is the story you must take that way... And if you do take yourself seriously, according to this sound convention, you are supposed to do your best not to let anyone else know about it. (Like bed-wetting.)
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I think what happened with 9/11 is that people sort of felt that it came from nowhere. Whereas I think now we understand the roots are very deep. I say it's like revolutionary Communism, something that is going to have to be knocked out over a very long period of time. This strain of extremism continues to be very strong, whether it's in Afghanistan, or Somalia or Yemen, or any of these places.
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Can someone please explain to me what that was all about?
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What we have currently available is what we have available.
