Carrie Brownstein (Carrie Rachel Brownstein) Quotes
I'm really drawn to the uncompromising realness of natural process: It's unadorned. It's not very pretty.
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One of my earliest memories is of my father carrying me in one arm with a picket sign in the other.
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I think I was about 14 when I did my first makeup. I was like, 'Wow, I really like this what do you call it? Makeup thing?'
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The owner of the New York Yankees, Mr. George Steinbrenner who I had the greatest respect for, I want to thank him for giving me the opportunity to win that special ring in 1996.
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I'm aware that beyond my own need to find a personal balance, I should be sending a signal to society as women's minister about the importance of work-life balance.
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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My mother told me many stories about her childhood in Cuba. Living there had a profound impact on her and how she regards herself.
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When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye.
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Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people.
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Sometimes we'll sigh - sometimes we'll cryAnd we'll know why just you and I know true love ways.
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I was never afraid to put this out. That was never the issue -- ever. I wanted it to sound contemporary but still be me. It was just a matter of getting it right.
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When I started out as an actor, I thought, Here's what I have to say; how shall I say it? I began to understand that what I do in the scene is not as important as what happens between me and the other person. And listening is what lets it happen. It's almost always the other person who causes you to say what you say next. You don't have to figure out how you'll say it. You have to listen so simply, so innocently, that the other person brings about a change in you that makes you say it and informs the way you say it.
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I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
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Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.
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We're just trying to end illegitimate government support for a single technology, which is un-American. We should be leading the world in the next generation of technological innovation. But we can't unleash private capital because of what the government is doing to stifle innovation and to choke competition.
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The attorney-client privilege is the bedrock principle of our legal system, ... The confidential nature of the attorney-client relationship is no less important in government than in every other context where it exists.
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Gratitude helps us to return to our natural state of joyfulness, where we notice what's right instead of what's wrong. It makes us feel complete, that we have everything we need, at least in this moment.
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Whatever else India may not be, she is at least one thing, She is the greatest storehouse of spiritual knowledge.
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Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect them; they don't have an incentive to.
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I think the best thing is to change environment.
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The suffering that food animals undergo, the suffering of those who eat them and profit by them, the suffering of starving people who could be fed with the grain that feeds these animals, and the suffering we thoughtlessly impose on the ecosystem, other creatures, and future generations are all interconnected. It is this interconnectedness of suffering, and its reverse, of love, caring, and awareness, that calls out for our understanding.
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I'm really drawn to the uncompromising realness of natural process: It's unadorned. It's not very pretty.
