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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The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously.
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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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Broken! Busted! Everybody has something to repair. Before buying new, let Mighty Putty fix it for you.
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You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There's still lots of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don't think he knows.
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I'll let the people decide what they think is good taste.
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It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.
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I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view.
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This world is not my home, I'm just a passing through.
