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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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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The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
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I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous.
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The Internet can be used to hurt many people.
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Charm is often despised but I can never see why. No one has it who isn't capable of genuinely liking others, at least at the actual moment of meeting and speaking. Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.
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You know, sometimes I'll go to an 8th-grade graduation and there's all that pomp and circumstance and gowns and flowers. And I think to myself, it's just 8th grade ... An 8th-grade education doesn't cut it today. Let's give them a handshake and tell them to get their butts back in the library!
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I went to art school for fine art and then I started doing performance art, and then I started making fun of performance art, and it turned into comedy.
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The error of the past is the wisdom of the future.
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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.
