Jon Brion Quotes
Some people are more fluid than others at just being themselves and recognizing what's good about themselves.Jon Brion
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
A. N. Wilson -
The only time I really eat out is when I'm on the road. Then, I make the same choices that I would make at home - salmon and lots of oily fish and veggies.
Yolanda Adams -
What makes me happy is having a really nice day out with my mum, or getting better at something I've been working hard at.
FKA twigs -
I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
Warren Buffett -
I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
Ferdinand Marcos
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Ireland was, of old, called the Isle of Saints because of the great number of holy ones of both sexes who flourished there in former ages or who, coming thence, propagated the faith amongst other nations.
Sabine Baring-Gould -
We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
Maj Sjowall -
I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
Tamsin Egerton -
My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
Abbas Kiarostami -
Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
Adam Driver -
When you get to the point where you're established enough that people link you with something, especially being an action hero babe, it's awesome. Because then you can fight the battles and have the crossbows and wrestle with swords and ride the horses because you're already believable; people see you in that genre.
Rachel Nichols
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
Ralph Bakshi -
You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
Vanessa Williams -
I was shocked when 'The Hobbit' ended where it ended. I wasn't paying attention to what they were doing; I didn't know they had another movie, and I couldn't believe it was when the dragon came out.
Adam McKay -
It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
Mallory Ortberg -
Even though I hadn't read a word of it, I grew up hating 'Moby-Dick.'
Nathaniel Philbrick -
There's always a version of me who is the narrator. And I make myself look better than other people.
Pat Conroy
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The ultimate aim of all creative activity is the building!
Walter Gropius -
Quod siquis vera vitam ratione gubernet, divitiae grandes homini sunt vivere parvoaequo animo; neque enim est umquam penuria parvi.
Lucretius -
I don't think of myself as a comedian, but as an artist, a scientist and chemist who just happens to be funny. I started doing stand-up to add another level to my game. I feel that I'm a young rookie with a veteran's skill.
Marlon Wayans -
We're far more defined by our mistakes than the things that we succeed at.
Emma Caulfield -
English television from the Fifties to the Nineties was the least bad in the world, and now it's just as bad as it is anywhere.
John Cleese -
Some people are more fluid than others at just being themselves and recognizing what's good about themselves.
Jon Brion