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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A lot of my fans are young and hip and enjoy my pop album and know the lyrics to those songs as well, which is a real compliment to me.
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This is my seventh decade... and every once in a while I get a hankering to re-visit these songs again... songs with which I have had a great relationship.
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I love any excuse to come to New York - when it's not February.
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I've been approached after shows from people who said, 'I don't agree with anything you said, but I laughed the whole way through.' That's still a little strange to me. Like, nothing, really? But at the same time, that's what happens in a conversation.
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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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A 'Friends' shoot night could extend well into the small hours of the morning.
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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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A woman can be sexy, charming, witty or shy with her shoes.
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El Paso is where I started. I don't feel like I'd be making the music I'm making now if I hadn't gone there.
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What's the shelf life of a 1931 movie? If it still exists, there will always be film buffs and a niche audience who will want to see it. But in terms of people even understanding in common usage, some of the words we use to describe these movies, I don't know how long that's going to last.
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I have some regrets that I might have hurt men in my life. But they can take care of themselves.
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Fiction is about everything human and we are made out of dust, and if you scorn getting yourself dusty, then you shouldn't try to write fiction. It's not a grand enough job for you.
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I have never chosen my next job. I focus on what's in front of me, and serendipity steps in.
