Nicholas Braun (Nicholas Joseph Braun) Quotes
I'm pretty far from the character I play, so it's fun to mess around and be a 15-year-old again.
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The main threat to the future of Europe is not those who want to come here to live but our own political, economic, and intellectual elites bent on transforming Europe against the clear will of the European people.
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Its no secret that I've never liked tax credits.
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I think that when you decide to dedicate yourself to creative endeavors and surround yourself with people who are creative, you very quickly learn how hard it is to survive doing those kinds of things, not to mention make a living at them.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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As far as I'm concerned, if you want to find out about the last day of WWII or the roots of the Indian Mutiny, get thee to a books catalogue.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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There are certain things you don't discuss with Ansel, especially if you don't agree.
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I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to the world. I learned to read.
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Tech never comes back the same.
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I like the sudden shock of non-sequitur color. Color, in fact, is my weakness.
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The Enlightenment attacked religion - Christianity, mainly - for two reasons: that it was a set of ideological delusions, and that it was a system of institutional oppression, with immense powers of persecution and intolerance.
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Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health.
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I do respond well to a director, a teacher - someone who doesn't accept mediocrity.
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I couldn't believe I was working with Michael Jackson. I thought, growing up as a kid, I thought Michael was a cartoon.
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I can pretty much live without fast food. I haven't eaten McDonald's in so long, but it's okay.
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I think that everybody wants to be heard, and the easiest way to be the loudest is to be the hater.
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I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am.
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Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you cannot understand at the time.
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The way Jacques Brel writes a story, getting into the character, bringing out all his faults and qualities in the same song.... Not that I could ever write in such an epic way, but it really is a different way to go about writing lyrics...and I find that quite inspiring.
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Writing is a solitary existence. Making a movie is controlled chaos - thousands of moving parts and people. Every decision is a compromise. If you're writing and you don't like how your character looks or talks, you just fix it. But in a movie, if there's something you don't like, that's tough.
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I'm pretty far from the character I play, so it's fun to mess around and be a 15-year-old again.
