H. W. Brands Quotes
I believe my mother was smart enough to know that in the night, you are willing to tell all. If she waited until the next day, she knew she'd get one-syllable answers.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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Fans can never accuse R. Kelly of doing the same thing; I keep mixing it up.
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The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.
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The Clinton Administration has turned out to be a boon. I knew that he would be wonderful, I just knew it from the beginning. From Arkansas? Shoot.
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As a species, we can at times be dimwitted and cruel. But we're also capable of learning.
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Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.
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I watch a lot of bad TV. I spend my entire day reading and writing, and after dinner my idea of fun is just to watch a lot of bad TV. That's how I relax and stay in touch with modern culture.
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The early Billy Joel stuff I fell in love with, like Glass Houses, is a real rock record.
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My faith isn't very churchy, it's a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.
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There are designers who say, 'Oh! I see wallpaper and blue carpet.' I usually start by knocking down walls. 'You thought you just needed some new drapes? Well, guess what: That wall's gotta go.'
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Almost overnight, white people have gone from being very powerful to potentially irrelevant. Their future in South Africa is not what many had envisaged, so it involves a lot of reinvention.
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We belong on the cutting edge of innovation. That's an idea as old as America itself. We're a nation of tinkerers, and dreamers, and believers in a better tomorrow.
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In any marginalized community, whether people identify themselves or not affects us all.
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A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.
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Darryl Zanuck thought all women were either broads or librarians. He thought I was a librarian. He thought I was smart.
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What we want is to make something that fills utterly the sight and can't be used to make life only bearable.
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To enable large U.S. banks to support their clients better, the Volcker rule should be clarified.
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I remember when I was young, there was an older boy who was physically and mentally disabled. He had a speech impediment and walked with difficulty. The boys used to make fun of him. They teased and taunted him until sometimes he would cry.
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I was doing auditions and meetings during the day and going to culinary school at night. And then 'NCIS' happened. So I dropped out of culinary school.
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Every night is a time for drink.
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I believe my mother was smart enough to know that in the night, you are willing to tell all. If she waited until the next day, she knew she'd get one-syllable answers.
