Carrie Brownstein (Carrie Rachel Brownstein) Quotes
I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways.
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It's really rare to come across a character, a show, or a movie that allows you to completely play four or five different characters within a season, let alone a week.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden.
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We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon.
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I don't invest in companies where my mental model is that they need to get themselves acquired in the next few years - or ever.
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Every show finds its groove, I would say. The first season is the season to figure out the dynamics, the workflow.
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Everybody thinks people who promote PETA don't eat meat, but I think animals were made to be eaten.
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Designing a product and understanding how it filters through into the market and into the rest of the company is very important to me.
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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
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I don't like it when you look too styled and wear one designer from head to toe.
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Put the right people in the right places, and then you trust them to do the right stuff.
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There are big winners in Paul Ryan's 'Roadmap,' and you can guess who they are. He would cut taxes for the wealthy, completely eliminate the corporate income tax, and create a value added tax.
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I wanted to design clothes to help build confidence.
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My grandma actually put me in girdles when I was around nine or ten because I had hips even then, and she didn't want boys to be attracted to me. Having hips meant you were a full-grown woman, and I was too young for that.
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I'm from Louisville, Kentucky, and nobody gets out of there. So I'm like, how am I gonna get out of there? Nobody else can. So it took some time. The struggle made me realize I didn't really want to be 'normal' anymore.
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At the Brooklyn Ethical Culture School, we learned to express ourselves, and I've been expressing myself ever since.
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A lot of the people who saw me in the 'Lethal Weapon' movies didn't even know I was a singer.
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Handmade things tend to be so expensive that only a small part of the population can afford them. And yet making things with hands is such an essential part of being human.
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Nobody wanted to help me get my start, not to mention it's tough being a female in a man's world of stand-up comedy. It's a very competitive world, and it was a challenge to find my own voice, stick to my guns.
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I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some doors down.
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"What for?" I said. "What for, Tante Lou? He treated me the same way he treated her. He wants me to feel guilty, just as he wants her to feel guilty. Well, I'm not feeling guilty, Tante Lou. I didn't put him there. I do everything I know how to do to keep people like him from going there. He's not going to make me feel guilty."
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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Lots of people have gone from public housing to do great things in the world and have a tremendous sense of duty to their fellow man because of it.
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I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways.
