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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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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For months, Obama administration officials attacked Snowden's motives and said the work of the NSA was distorted by selective leaks and misinterpretations.
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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle.
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I don't have any ambition to make lots of money or win an Oscar or anything like that. It's not about that for me.
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I must say, it was a lot easier writing novels than I thought it would be. I think it's because I'm a novelist at heart, and it took me a while to figure that out.
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You've given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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...this our world, which is so real, with all its suns and milky ways is-nothing.
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The rest of the world wants our cash; we like plastic.
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This world is not my home, I'm just a passing through.
