Carrie Brownstein (Carrie Rachel Brownstein) Quotes
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
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What I love is dropping into someone else's life and exploring it.
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Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.
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Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
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I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.
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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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It's difficult losing, but it's even more difficult when you didn't make a shot. I could see the ball just didn't go your way on an out-of-bounds play or something like that, but when you're just not making them, it's frustrating.
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Live life to the full, and become more curious every day. The more you find out about life, the richer your music-making will be.
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I really have become convinced that nuclear fusion is our energy future. It's so powerful. I mean, it is the power of the stars. If we could bring that down to the laboratory and to the power plant on Earth, that would be an incredible thing.
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I don't think I want to transition into being a recording artist for the rest of my life or anything like that, but it's something I'd like to try.
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I grew up admiring Ronald Reagan and Vice President Bush, and if I were old enough, I would have voted for 41. I was glad he won.
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What we need is a system of thought - you might even call it a religion - that can bind humans together. A system that would fit the Republic of Chad as well as the United States: a system that would supply our idealistic young people with something to believe in.
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The Corona Extra brand was launched in Austin, Texas. From Austin, where it was exclusively for three or four months, it became more widely available in that state and in others, primarily in the southwest and western United States.
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The ancillary aspect of every British city now is the council estate.
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If western culture is shown to be rich, it is because, even before the Enlightenment, it has tried to 'dissolve' harmful simplifications through inquiry and the critical mind.
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Social media is simply a tool that facilitates actions.
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I'm a very obsessive type. If I do get into it, I'll soon be there 12 hours a day. I just don't want to do that.
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I want to be the kind of elected official who not only pays attention but who acts on behalf of people - just average people. Fancy lobbyists get to tell their story, but the average person doesn't.
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There's an examination for young people to go to university. I failed it three times. I failed a lot. So I applied to 30 different jobs and got rejected. I went for a job with the police; they said, 'You're no good.' I even went to KFC when it came to my city. Twenty-four people went for the job. Twenty-three were accepted.
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'Self-seeking, self-glory, that is not me. No. Many people say I embarrass them with my humility.'
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I never started from ideas but always from character.
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People are wearing fleece, which is a hard fabric to be angry in.
