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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Without numerous schools offering hands-on opportunities, no commander will be cultivated.
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Although the story of George and Lennie in 'Of Mice and Men' ends on a depressing note, there is a peculiar aura of human dignity in it, a hint of redemption.
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The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be.
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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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Growing up, I was told I could be anything I wanted to be. There were no limitations restraining me just because I was a girl. Then I joined the military.
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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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The odds are lousy that I actually said something attributed to me.
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What we committed in the Indies stands out among the most unpardonable offenses ever committed against God and mankind and this trade in Indian slaves as one of the most unjust, evil, and cruel among them.
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J.J. Watt, he does on defense what Andrew Luck does on offense. He inspires those around him, he makes them better.
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I came from the Groundlings Theatre in L.A., and there, you're guaranteed to at least try something out in front of an audience. At 'SNL,' only the best stuff gets picked, and it's taught me a very defined language of comedy. You learn the structure of a joke, which is not something I was very good at beforehand.
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Universal design systems can no longer be dismissed as the irrelevant musings of a small, localized design community. A second modernism has emerged, reinvigorating the utopian search for universal forms that marked the birth of design as a discourse and a discipline nearly a century earlier.
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I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways.
