Brian Joseph Burton (Danger Mouse) Quotes
Going back and forth between wanting to be respected artistically and wanting to move people is its own challenge.
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There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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I'm a big handbag lover and will always have one with me.
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By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
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I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
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I don't think auditioning will ever faze me again after the 'Grease' TV experience. It was fierce. There were thousands of people auditioning in four cities. I flew from home in Minneapolis to audition in L.A. I waited in line all day. I arrived at 7 A.M. and wasn't seen until 6 P.M.
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I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
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You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.
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I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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I've had a few ditty hits.
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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There's no social realism in 'Tyrannosaur.' It's not about the social landscape or the political landscape or any of that. It's just about human beings. I never made 'Tyrannosaur' in reference to anybody - I just made it because I had to make my own films.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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Most go to prison not on account of their irreducible uniqueness as people but because they are part of a marginalized sector of the population who never had a chance, who were slated for it early on.
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Let who will scoff and revile – I will not remain silent; neither will I conceal the signs and wonders which have been shown to me by the Lord, who knew all things even before the time of this world, many years before, just as they happened.
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I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where, for the first time in my life, I had access to what seemed like an unlimited supply of books.
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I know from my own personal experience. I was bullied in middle school and high school and went through my fair share of hard times thereafter. Also, one of my really good friends committed suicide when I was in high school.
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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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People come out of prison and aren't treated like I've been treated. I didn't kill anybody. I didn't violate anybody's rights. My rights were violated. Nobody likes to be hated, but the whole world hated Mary Beth Whitehead.
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People think that I popped out of my mother's womb singing 'Chasing Pavements'.
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What your foes do derives its significance or consequence from the way you react.
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All human interaction, you can break it down to incentives. All relationships, at some level, are transactional. They're fascinated with incentives.
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Going back and forth between wanting to be respected artistically and wanting to move people is its own challenge.
