Stewart Brand Quotes
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.
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I went to my mum at about seven or eight and said I want to start acting, but the week before, I had said I wanted to do ballet. She said if I took acting classes for a full year, she would look further into it, and that's how it started.
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Both my parents are creative. My dad did act when he was younger, but they're both very creative.
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I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anything can happen once you get into a game. Sometimes you just wind up throwing it better than ever before one day without knowing why.
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Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
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What do I want in a good fantasy book? Court politics and social interactions based around houses and cities. Powerful women and devious men. Drama and action with emotional ramifications. Frocks. Kissing. Swords. An intense impression of history in the world-building.
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I don't think that the Grammys are in any way a just way of grading music.
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The United States is a strong and ardent ally of Israel. The fact of the matter is that friends can disagree. I think what's important is that world leaders are able to sit down with one another, have frank conversations and move forward.
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If the part isn't always there on the page, I've had good relationships with writers where there's an openness to bring more to the role.
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My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.
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The great mistake of the reformers is to believe that life begins and ends with health, and that happiness begins and ends with a full stomach and the power to enjoy physical pleasures, even of the finer kind.
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Genre stuff is the most exciting stuff for an actor to play. I get to try new things, do things I would have never got the chance to do.
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My mom always tells me, 'You need to take a week for yourself and just chill,' but I don't, man. If you want to be successful, I don't think you should take a day off.
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I escaped to New York, and then L.A., but when I dream of home, I still dream of my old house in Holmdel.
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I've had to whine for everything I've ever really wanted.
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Anyone who's been reading my stuff can see that there's a lot of tracks being laid for future stories.
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With any teen show, there's going to be drama and heartache.
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I often feel like a pretender when wearing makeup. The most beautiful features in a woman are her character and her experiences. Why hide that?
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Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
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I've never met a couple yet who, when they were walking down the aisle, said, 'What we want is three years of happiness, two years of [torment], a messy divorce and 15 years of fighting over custody of the kids.'
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True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person - Jesus Christ.
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Art flouts convention. Convention became convention because it works.
