Brad Blanton Quotes
“Telling stories about your memory of what happened may be entertaining for a while, but if that is all you can do it gets boring pretty fast.”
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I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.
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Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.
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I am a movie fan across the board, though, so if a movie is well done then I love it and it does not really matter what the genre is.
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It always starts with a script. I like to have plenty of time to read something, and I always like to read a paper copy. I hate reading it on email. I sit down with a script, and want to see how it hits me. It's an instinctive process.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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Cancer is something that, tragically, affects almost all of our lives.
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Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.
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I've sorta learned that I'm so tired of taking myself so seriously. It's so great to show up at work and truly enjoy every word you say.
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It's rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe in pleasures. People who call reading detective fiction or eating dessert a guilty pleasure make me want to puke.
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You have to be aware. Like, I'm not going to do any downhill skiing. It looks like a whole lot of fun, but I'm not going to risk breaking a leg. I want to be dancing the way I'm dancing now for 30 more years.
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There are now 30-year-old Mexican writers who do great novels in which Mexico isn't even mentioned.
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There is a reason behind life. There is some connectivity between living beings. Whether you want to call that 'God' or 'The Force' or whatever word you use for it, I do believe in a spiritualized mechanism.
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It's quite difficult for a parent to know that their daughter is in great danger.
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It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
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Everyone needs some kind of compelling drama in their life, basically.
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You will never feel loved until you love yourself.
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Bush is good at stating the obviously untrue.
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Music had been going on a long time before that. You have to remember that before rock n' roll there were a bunch of jazz musicians all doing heroin. That sh*t has been around a long time.
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Every articulate family ... generates its own stories, explanations and myths to illuminate the differences in temperament and talent among its children, the lines of allegiance and influence between parent and child.
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I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
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“Telling stories about your memory of what happened may be entertaining for a while, but if that is all you can do it gets boring pretty fast.”
