Carol Browner (Carol Martha Browner) Quotes
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There's been a couple of guys who have gotten me. I used to say Adrian Gonzalez. He's a good lefty hitter; he's hit a few home runs off of me. They were a couple of mistakes, so if you make your pitches, you're more likely to have a better outcome.
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The poets' scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by death.
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I always think that the exceptional people are those who remain outsiders but still communicate on a grand scale. I think I want everyone to feel more free, and so I feel really claustrophobic on behalf of lots of people.
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I spent some time in India and thought I might write about Hinduism. But it's so far removed from my experience I couldn't even get my mind around it to write about it.
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Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time.
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I believe I'm doing the right thing in trying to step away from that and to take chances and work on little independent films and do stuff like that wild dance scene.
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Kind hearts are here; yet would the tenderest oneHave limits to its mercy; God has none.
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I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on the plate, and having myself refreshed in a toaster oven for 23 minutes once every month.
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The bar is so low in rap - mediocrity is king!
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I did have a problem concentrating on anything for more than 10 seconds. I was one of the first kids in the U.K. to go on Ritalin, and my mum hated it, and I hated it.
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I try to dress a little casual before my photo-shoots. I can be comfortable before I go into my... transition.
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I have always been drawn to strong and interesting women, people who have navigated that world before you and maintained their integrity and sense of self.
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I've made so many mistakes. But it is my feeling that you learn from failures, so I welcome them as often as I can.
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Men are very tough, very critical of me. I think they expect you to basically just be a picture. They don't want to hear you speak.
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A lot of the flowers I like are weeds. Oh, and dandelions, but they're a weed, too.
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My buildings are all on budget.
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That's really how I got started was doing Shakespeare. When I got out of school, I was lucky enough to meet George Wolfe, who ran The Public Theater.
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I wasn't angry with God that I lost my husband. I was devastated; I was broken. I still am, in many ways. But I feel like God gives free will to everyone, and people who want to choose evil, they have that same free will.
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'I'm not - the terrific guy you keep telling me about. I'm not made of sugar and spice and everything nice. I'm made of rats and snails and puppy-dogs tails. I lie sometimes. I have broken people's hearts. I'm looking for love, I'll admit that, but now that it's here in abundance, I'm afraid of commitment and I want you, please, to leave me.'
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He only needs me for certain purposes, otherwise it is not possible. This is idiocy.
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There is a real danger of unintended consequences, of encouraging people to give up. Pessimism, if it becomes a habit, can reinforce a narrative of unstoppable decline. If there is nothing we can do, that releases us from our obligations.
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You can't build a cathedral in a day. A look at the club's history tells you these things take time.
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The way we guarantee safe drinking water is broken and needs to be fixed.
