Jon Brion Quotes
Some people are more fluid than others at just being themselves and recognizing what's good about themselves.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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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.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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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.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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Even though I hadn't read a word of it, I grew up hating 'Moby-Dick.'
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There's always a version of me who is the narrator. And I make myself look better than other people.
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To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world.
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I understand the common man because I understand me in that regard at least.
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Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic.
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We have this idea of bureaucracy in local government, and it's generally things that we're frustrated at. It doesn't work the way we like it to work.
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There are so many people in pain because of the Syrian conflict. Ten million trying to live in camps that are barely set up for three.
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Shortly after I was born he emigrated to Durban, where members of my mother's family had settled at the turn of the century, and the rest of the family followed soon thereafter.
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When one looks truly at the good side of everyone, others come to love him very naturally, and he does not need even a speck of flattery.
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Some people are more fluid than others at just being themselves and recognizing what's good about themselves.
