Ed Brubaker Quotes
I prefer to control my brain's dopamine reactions myself. Not be at the mercy of... butterflies.
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I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak.
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As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.
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There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment.
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International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police.
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I always joke with people that having nephews is the best birth control there is.
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It's good to make your own things because you can have control of your own art.
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Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.
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I don't have control over what's on screen, and that's terrifying.
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I think you write the film that you want to see, and you try and do it honestly, and you can't control people's responses, really.
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The prospect of outsized profits leads people to exaggerate their own capabilities. In their minds. They pretend to themselves that they are in control of events where perhaps they are not. And it is always one's stance upon uncertain ground that invites the attentions of one's enemies. Or discourages it.
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Faith is cold as ice.Why are little ones born only to sufferfor the want of immunity, or a bowl of rice?Well, who would hold a price on the heads of the innocent childrenif there's some immortal power to control the dice? - Roll The Bones (1991)
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Cooking puts me at ease; it gives me control over what's happening, and I know that the finished product is gonna be good, so I'm gonna be satisfied. That's kind of how I keep myself grounded.
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In order to spur economic growth we need to put the brakes on out of control spending, lower Ohioans tax burden and create a most efficient and effective government.
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The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period. When you work in movies, or on TV shows, there are 50 other people involved.
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I'm learning not to hold on so tightly to my solitude. It's not an economical way to work. A driver would call it 'white-knuckling.' If you're holding on to the wheel so tightly, it's gonna lock up your driving. Releasing myself from trying to control everything has been part of growing up.
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Acting is a craft to me: I just think you get better the more you do it. And then the irony to that is your doing it is not in your control. If it was up to most actors, we'd work all the time, and we'd always get better. But it's not in our control, so we have to wait to be given parts to do.
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But the Grammys is just not something I can take too seriously. It would be a mistake to hinge my happiness on something so completely out of my control.
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Hollywood is in control of politics and has imported their action-filled movie scripts into the real world.
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There are a lot of good arguments for birth control, but as far as terminating a life that has already come into existence, I haven't found any.
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I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.
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I don't agree with the sentiment 'write what you know.'... I think one should write what one doesn't know. The world is bigger and wider and more complex than our small subjective selves. One should prod, goad the imagination.
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Even for an area I know well, I prepare a shooting list of subjects I need.
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If you shoot right-handed, the Game Ear works best in the left ear. Many guides and active shooters use two Game Ears to better pinpoint sounds such as a gobbling turkey.
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I prefer to control my brain's dopamine reactions myself. Not be at the mercy of... butterflies.
