Bram van Velde Quotes
Something is trying to come into the world. But I don’t know what it is. I never start by knowing. It's impossible to know. Truth is not knowledge.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States.
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I am always dabbling in new skin routines, but it's always about moisture.
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You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
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Even Gaddafi's adversaries assure us that he stood out for his intelligence as a student; he was expelled from high-school for his anti-monarchic activities. He managed to enroll in another high-school and later graduated in law at the University of Benghazi at the age of 21.
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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.
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My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.
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The more you work with anyone, the more comfortable and safe you feel. The more you have an understanding.
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Small businesses want things streamlined, and one of the great successes we're having is less paperwork, faster turnaround times.
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My friends started having children after college, while I was pursuing this crazy acting career and living hand to mouth. Plus, all my boyfriends were artists struggling to make a living. Having kids didn't make any sense - why would I take on more of a financial burden when I couldn't even afford a dog?
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I'm someone who sits at a computer eight hours a day, and I look in that pinhole camera at the top of my screen and think, 'Someone could be watching me.'
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I am not afraid of taking risks. We have to take risks for peace.
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A famous actor told me once - I don't want to name names, I hate that sort of thing - but I was at his house and he said, 'Are you on Twitter?' I said, 'Yes, I am.' And he said, 'There'll be one day when you'll have, like, five friends. And in the same day it'll go to five thousand.'
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I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'
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If we expose the Chinese to our freedoms, it may create a greater hunger for democracy, reform and liberties in China.
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When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun.
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Americans must outgrow the unbecoming arrogance that leads us to assert that America somehow owns a monopoly on goodness and truth - a belief that leads some to view the world as but a stage on which to play out the great historical drama: the United States of America versus the Powers of Evil.
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I'm very affected by what I watch and read.
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Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing.
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I have a real dog-like mentality, in that it's like, 'Where is my next meal coming from? Am I ever gonna eat again? Will I ever write another song again? Will anyone show up for tour?' I think it comes from being really poor as a kid.
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Look at people that influenced me - but I didn't know if I had that sort of 'I'm going to take you under my wing' person.
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The other half is to dramatize the fact that we still 'are' human beings, now. Or can be.
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I hope that memory is valued - that we do not lose memory.
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Something is trying to come into the world. But I don’t know what it is. I never start by knowing. It's impossible to know. Truth is not knowledge.
