Steve Breen (Stephen Paul Breen) Quotes
As an editorial cartoonist now, I live for those moments of inspiration, and it is exhilarating to be inspired by a topic, have an opinion on the topic, come up with a good cartoon on the topic, and to draw it and get it in the paper the next day. That is what I live for.
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'Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.
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If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.
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Cancer is really a DNA disease... We have these certain genes that prevent our cells from growing out of control at the expense of the body. And it's a pretty good, robust system. But if a couple of these genes fail, then that's when cancer starts, and cells start growing out of control.
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It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
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Did anyone ever have a boring dream?
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There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
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It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you've been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.
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I always fall in love with qualities of people I work with.
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Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.
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It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more.
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I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.
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I think every country has to recognize its competitive advantage and liberate its strengths to be a partner in global trade, and that's the only way you can survive and succeed.
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I'm somebody who can laugh even at myself. That happens now and again, when I've made a mess of really simple things.
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I'm very picky, and I'm never 100% happy with the work I do; I hate watching myself and hearing my voice.
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Every form is a base for colour, every colour is the attribute of a form.
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One characteristic that I hope I never relinquish is an intense curiosity about the world around me.
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This award is voted for by journalists, who can be your biggest critic and get on your nerves sometimes, but they all know football and I am very respectful of their thoughts, and very proud they have decided to give me this award this year.
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As a longtime former resident of 15 years in Washington, I wish that everybody would stay off the Mall with their political cause so that we can get out there, you know, and play flag football or Frisbee, or walk the dog or something - you know, which is, you know, what the National Mall should be for, in my personal opinion.
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It is impossible to account for the creation of the universe without the agency of a Supreme Being.
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Those who see beauty almost too intensely can easily look mad to those who are functioning within the confines of so-called normal life.
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Jean Shrimpton was the most beautiful of all the models I have known. To walk down the King's Road, Chelsea, with Shrimpton was like walking through the rye. Strong men just keeled over right and left as she strode up the street.
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As an editorial cartoonist now, I live for those moments of inspiration, and it is exhilarating to be inspired by a topic, have an opinion on the topic, come up with a good cartoon on the topic, and to draw it and get it in the paper the next day. That is what I live for.
