Carrie Brownstein (Carrie Rachel Brownstein) Quotes
I don't think I would live outside of the Northwest. I think the quality of life in Portland is really good. People move from intense, high-powered jobs, and move to Portland, work half as much and live twice as good.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
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I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.
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When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it.
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I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.
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You go to drama school, and the people you revere and admire are those who work on the London stage, and you hope that's a world that you'll be able to break into and do enough occasional television and small film work to eventually get to the point where you're paying the bills.
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I know that you can only keep a secret a secret for so long.
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I'm a professor of media studies as well as humanities, and I'm an evangelist of popular culture, but when there's only media, then there's going to be a slow debasement of language, and that's what I think we're fighting.
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Dear and most respected bookcase! I welcome your existence, which has for over one hundred years been devoted to the radiant ideals of goodness and justice.
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What I really want to do is comedy. I would love to do some guest star spots on some single-camera comedies.
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My dad, well, he sells tractors, just like my granddad, and I'm darn proud of that.
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Excellence is about fighting and pursuing something diligently, with a strict and determined approach to doing it right. It's okay if there are flaws in the process - it makes it more interesting.
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At the end of the day, you entertain for few hours, but people remember a good human being for a longer time.
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I agree with my mother that having children removes a layer of skin that you never grow back.
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It is important to understand the philosophy of the city and country.
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Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.
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When I meet a good actor, I would like to be a director. When I meet a good director, I would like to be an actor. When there is a good script, I would like to be both a director and an actor. The switch is very natural, not intentional.
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I'm not really an animal person.
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The recognition of confusion is itself a form of clarity.
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I think that I'll always remember the bust of Dr. [Martin Luther] King. I thought having an American here who represented rhat civic spirit that got me into this [president] office was useful.
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All TV is now digital. It's a platform ripe for innovation; we just haven't seen any beyond picture quality changes. That's a secular problem.
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I don't think I would live outside of the Northwest. I think the quality of life in Portland is really good. People move from intense, high-powered jobs, and move to Portland, work half as much and live twice as good.
