Albert E. Brumley Quotes
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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Being evil is easy.
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We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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For a startup, you need to stay small so the others don't attack, or you aim to be one of the big guys. If you don't do it right, you might lose everything.
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To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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Human rights, no matter whom they affect, are something that should matter to all of us. It's always been a part of my life.
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You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
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In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.
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Education should be totally secular. I am not telling people not to believe in God, but it should be a personal matter which should be done at home.
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The best thing about being from Britain is that it's a melting pot of cultures, characters, and creativity. I couldn't imagine coming from anywhere else.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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That's why teenagers fascinate me – they're like children with drivers' licenses. Like children in that their impulses are so direct.
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It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning.
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My father was not comfortable working with very articulate people. He and Willie Wyler got along because neither of them was very articulate.
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Humans are born curious, creative, and intuitive.
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The life of an actor is very random. It can be exhilarating but terrifying - you do wonder day to day where the next job will come from. Some of my friends are very talented people, but you see them out of work - which can be tough. If you wanted that kind of security, though, I guess you wouldn't be an actor in the first place.
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For one quarter, Black Tiger lets me escape from my rotten existence for three glorious hours. Pretty good deal.
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It is still fashionable to believe that how you organize yourself religiously in this life may matter for eternity. Unless we can erode the prestige of that kind of thinking, we're not going to be able to undermine these divisions in our world.
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Job's forthright indictment of the injustice of this world is surely right. The ways of the world are weird and much more unpredictable than either scientists or theologians generally make things look.
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This world is not my home, I'm just a passing through.
