Susan Brooks (Susan Lynn Wiant Brooks) Quotes
I have never chosen my next job. I focus on what's in front of me, and serendipity steps in.
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I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat as traitors to the American nation those who think differently.
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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
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If Youku had adopted YouTube's business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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Trust me, you have to fight. When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it.
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I hope we can keep doing it this way - making music and art that are pure products of our influences while not really having to let the whole celebrity side of it get in the way. Then maybe more virtual bands will come out and do the same thing.
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I love any excuse to come to New York - when it's not February.
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It's like deja-vu, all over again.
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I really like working, the opportunity to work with good people and to play interesting parts.
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We may not know the whole story in our lifetime.
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It's interesting to try to imagine how early humans discovered what was edible and what wasn't. Who figured out that when you cooked stinging nettles, the sting would go away completely? How many people had to die before the relative toxicity of wild mushrooms became widely known?
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I'm just trying to tell a nice story. Whether you're a writer or a producer, all you want to do is tell a good yarn.
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I've actually started a number of businesses in my career. So I'm 28 currently, but when I was about 16, I started building Websites, and that's how I put myself through school. I went to Duke with a degree in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, and then to Princeton.
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I have thousands of opinions still - but that is down from millions - and, as always, I know nothing.
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I've had times where I've joked, like, 'I'm going to move to Vermont and become a painter.' And sometimes that joke felt like, 'Oh that's a good idea.' But it was only, like, a daydream for a moment to, like, escape.
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The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.
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KRS One and LL Cool J are the biggest influences in my rap career, along with Heavy D.
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I would suggest that just as women who make it in the world of business need male business mentors, perhaps men who make it in the world of emotions will need female emotional mentors.
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It's hard to avoid the past but one goes forward.
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I'm a pretty low-key North Carolina boy. I like to go fishing and hang out with my friends.
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I can't think of anything off the top of my head that seems more important than something designed to raise money to keep something going that keeps IV drug users from dying.
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I brought Yoko Ono to New York and gave her her first job there. I was editing a magazine called 'Film Culture.'
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We need to invest in job training programs, especially those that include child care, transit stipends and paid apprenticeships and internships.
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I have never chosen my next job. I focus on what's in front of me, and serendipity steps in.
