Thomas Edward Brown (T. E. Brown) Quotes
Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.
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My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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I've been a fan since I was a kid of that sort of bump-in-the-night stuff. I don't tend to go in too much for the slash-and-burn-'em or the walker kills on 'The Walking Dead.' That stuff's not necessarily the stuff that frightens me or gets me going. It's more the terror of waiting, the thriller aspects, that I find compelling.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.
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I think if you are young and you have children, you still have so much to prove. When you have children later in life, you lose a bit of that urge for working.
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All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.
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My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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My mum and I do cardio kickboxing classes together.
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You see people in Hollywood trying to make blockbuster after blockbuster, but it's not possible. There's some god up there saying, 'You will fail now.' But I suppose that's true of us all.
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I'm very intelligent. I'm capable of doing everything put to me. I've launched a perfume and want my own hotel chain. I'm living proof blondes are not stupid.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
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I've always been attracted to action stuff.
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I cannot be music director at La Scala and at Staatsoper. This would be unfair to one of the two institutions.
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I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.
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We sit down with the kids every single night, not that I want to every night - sometimes I'd rather be out with my husband having a martini at a swanky restaurant - but we sit down with our kids every night at dinner.
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I love how easy it is to run my business, Writing Workshops Los Angeles, with the help of email and my website. I love that I don't have to use cuneiform, a quill, or a typewriter to write my novels - I love to write on my laptop!
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I had this revelation, you are a lot better at the between-song stuff than you are at the song stuff. That was devastating. And I usually find devastating things to be pretty valuable.
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I do get most of the harder-to-get stories.
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There is no need to pose for anything - you just walk straight and strong and be clear. We are all born with unique characteristics and we have to stick to that. Yes, use the tools to enhance it, but we shouldn't be hiding behind them. That's what style is about.
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Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.
