Alan Brennert Quotes
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Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLA's first NCAA title in track.
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You don't send a man to his death because you want a hero.
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I did not have any money, so when I came to New York, I just dressed myself with whatever I could find and the Army-Navy store.
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English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
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Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin.
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Hungry people almost never have to be pushed by a manager to work harder, because they are self-motivated and diligent. They are constantly thinking about the next step and the next opportunity. And they loathe the idea that they might be perceived as slackers.
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Conservatives have always wanted border security before we had immigration reform.
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So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.
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The more I got into presenting things to the world, the further it was taking me away from what I was, which was someone who just used to sit quietly at a piano and sing and play. It became very important to me not to lose sight of that.
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It's weird to me when an artist comes in, and the label says, 'We want him to sound like Chris Brown,' but he says he wants to sound like Sean Paul. There's a huge disconnect – it's like we're making a product.
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My first year, people were interested in me because I was new. Then the press started to come.
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It's always great to have a purpose of a meeting and an ending for it, but it's even more important to be present and have an engagement on the topic you're doing, to create an environment and energy around that meeting, so everybody goes from there, 'That's great; we can take it forward!'
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It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill.
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Attentive listening to others lets them know that you love them and builds trust, the foundation of a loving relationship.
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Focusing on what we ought to do for God creates only frustration and exhaustion; focusing on what Jesus has done for us produces abundant fruit. Resting in what Jesus has done for us releases the revolutionary power of the gospel.
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I never believed in a set routine. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel.
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Let a man be stimulated by poetry, established by the rules of propriety, and perfected by music.
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Got no place to go, but there's a girl waitin' for me down in Mexico. She got a bottle of tequila, a bottle of gin, and if I bring a little music, I could fit right in.
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The only way I can be there and really get into the character is if I'm her.
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The definition of being a feminist is equality, and if you're not a feminist at this point, then what are you really promoting?
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I really believe that all CEO pay should be voted on by shareholders ahead of time. Mine was.
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Perhaps you need to look back before you can move ahead.
