Ed Brubaker Quotes
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I've always believed that a good twist is one that, when it is presented to the audience, half of them say, 'I saw that coming.' And half of them are completely and totally shocked. Because if you don't have the half that saw it coming, then it wasn't fair: You never gave the audience a chance to guess it.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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So, from a very young age, my mom tells me that I wanted to be Michael J. Fox. I didn't want to be an actor. I just wanted to be Michael J. Fox for awhile. And then, I realized that he was an actor, so I pursued that.
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I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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I like to do Pilates.
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Clothes are not frippery. Properly done, they can be an art form.
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I know he played on the last record but I don't wake up in the middle of the night thinking of Eric Clapton.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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I guess every character has a little bit of the actor - I guess for every character you play, the actor has to allow a little bit of their own character to show through.
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As a child, I was always drawn to heroic characters. I decided I wanted to act when I realised that Superman and all those gangsters and Indians were just real people in costume.
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Media populism means appealing to people directly through media. A politician who can master the media can shape political affairs outside of parliament and even eliminate the mediation of parliament.
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'Halo' I wrote with my grandpa in his nursing home. When I went to visit him, he'd often comment on my halo. But of course, I couldn't see. And he always - he had pictures of Jesus with these beautiful halos. And so I asked him if he'd write a song with me about Jesus' halo.
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I love to come to L.A. to visit, and then I like to come to rainy old London because it's home.
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I have my aluminum siding business, and that's going like a house afire.
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Pineapple reduces swelling.
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If you want to control other people, first control yourself.
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Now when we talk of brotherhood of men, we stop there and feel that all other life is there for man to exploit for his own purposes. But Hinduism excludes all exploitation.
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The important source of finance is now commercial papers, bonds, and so on.
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Technologists provide tools that can improve people's lives. But I want to be clear that I don't think technology by itself improves people's lives, since often I'm criticized for being too pro-technology. Unless there's commensurate ethical and moral improvements to go along with it, it's for naught.
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A lot of enslaved people actually made money, but they had no power.
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You don't know how good you are until you actually get out on a bike and get riding.
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Millions of Americans have bad credit because of mistakes from credit agencies, and it can ruin lives, stopping people from getting a job or owning a home or car.
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I guess you only know your home when you come back to it.
