Harry Browne Quotes
Whenever I say that America has become an empire, someone is sure to say I'm being ridiculous.
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It is more important to know how to mix and match the clothes than to spend money.
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I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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My granny was very concerned that we weren't baptised - Mum had been desperate to escape her own Catholic upbringing. But Granny thought we were blighted. Whenever we turned up at her house, she would flick holy water - from the font she kept by the door - over us, in the hope that it would save us from damnation.
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The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds.
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Design is about creating spaces for people to enjoy and of course, creating moments where you elevate the spirit, but 'design for good' is figuring out a program that not only creates better spaces, but creates jobs, creates new industry and really kind of raises the conversation about how we rebuild.
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Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It's a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, 'Isn't it funny that we do that?' It's a way of reaching out.
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I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover.
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The five patients in 'Rethinking Cancer' share with us the path of their recovery: the courage to take their own lives in their hands with a natural approach to healing their bodies.
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There's nothing that's impossible to me. You can ask my parents.
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The whole point of the kingdom of God is Jesus has come to bear witness to the true truth, which is nonviolent. When God wants to take charge of the world, he doesn't send in the tanks. He sends in the poor and the meek.
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I'm delirious with joy. It proves that if you confront the universe with good intentions in your heart, it will reflect that and reward your intent. Usually. It just doesn't always do it in the way you expect.
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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I never thought I would write a memoir at age 40... but I did have this unique place in history.
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Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
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We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity.
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Robert Burns enriched Scottish song with his genius and is mainly responsible for the rich treasure house of song that we enjoy today. He collected folk songs, retained the melodic line, kept what words were usable and rewrote the rest. He didn't claim ownership.
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So, what do you do for a living?' 'Why do you ask?' 'I don't know. I just met you and I'd like to know you better. Who you are, what you want -- your dreams.' 'My job won't tell you who I am. And especially not what I want.
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I'd rather sing a good lyric written by someone else than one of my own that is terrible.
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Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire.
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Whenever I say that America has become an empire, someone is sure to say I'm being ridiculous.
