O. J. Brigance Quotes
Since being diagnosed, I have done a greater good for society in eight years, than in my 37 years on earth.
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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In combat sports, personalities are what draw.
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I like Baudelaire's sentences quite a lot. I read and re-read him very often.
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Think what evil creeps liberals would be if their plans to enfeeble the individual, exhaust the economy, impede the rule of law, and cripple national defense were guided by a coherent ideology instead of smug ignorance.
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Why do you think so many actors are only half-developed people? It's very easy when you're a young actor to have these intense, explosive friendships for short periods of time, because you can control what's shown of you. Then you go on to your next job and reinvent yourself again. I think it's important to find something constant.
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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If Dana White can offer a contract that's not one-sided, and it's not cumbersome to the point where we look at it and realize that we can't fight for him, then we'll fight in the UFC.
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I'll never totally get away from being who I am, which first, to many, is the daughter of Nat King Cole, which became even more intensified with the 'Unforgettable' album.
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I think, as far as branching out with acting, it would take something really right on the mark to distract me from music, because music is everything to me.
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Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering.
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It was treacherous. I think someone was injured. But I did love being there, we all did.
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Fast food is the one thing everyone can relate to. It's depressing, but also interesting, that people desire to eat the same sandwich in every single city in the world. But the biggest bummer is when you see a Subway in Berlin. Just devastating.
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It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
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The first two books that I did by myself were long stories in verse. I knew I could do that because I'd written a lot in verse. But, verse stories are hard to sell, so my editor encouraged me to try writing in prose.
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If every woman who's had an abortion took tomorrow off in protest, America would grind to a halt. And that would be symbolic: because women grind to a halt if they are not in control of their fertility.
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Christian Science has always appealed to the middle-classes and the upper middle classes. In part, this is because it requires a certain amount of education to study 'Science and Health' to the degree that Christian scientists do. It's not an easy book to read! It's 700 pages, and it's written in a nineteenth-century manner and diction.
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Definitely, people laugh a lot on the set. The actor always feels bad about laughing during a take. But I love it. It means you are having a good time and you are enjoying yourself. There is nothing wrong with laughter.
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It needs to connect with the earth. Things that are processed and reprocessed lose their substance.
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Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning.
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Since being diagnosed, I have done a greater good for society in eight years, than in my 37 years on earth.
