Brent L. Top Quotes
We don't have to pretend that the sun is shining when it isn't, but we must never give up hope that it will shine again.
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As long as the dollar remains in high esteem as a trade currency, America can continue to spend more than it earns. But when the day arrives - as it certainly must - when the dollar tumbles and foreigners no longer want it, the free ride will be over.
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I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.
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Truth be told, ginormous portions have become a pet peeve of mine.
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What fascinated me, it was not the glory, but the contact with the public.
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Moments are incredible, but in my fantasy mind I see a Globe company which is renowned throughout the world for what it does with pure storytelling. So that people come and say: it's not just the building, it's the only place you can hear this kind of work.
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The uniqueness of the United States in human history is the United States is the first global power in human history which emerged far away from Africa or Asia, which is the main land of human history.
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My favorite six words in recovery are: trust God, clean house, and help others.
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So now, cut to ten years later, and I'm making this amazing contract with Pantene. It's incredible.
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A lot of people are quick to say that saying 'black lives matter' makes you anti-cop. All lives should indeed matter, but we have a systemic problem in this country in which black lives do not matter enough.
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So I had the worst experience at the very beginning, and things have been getting better since.
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We talked to the referees before the game; there's always new situations to adjust, for the refs and for us as well. Even on the ice, it's good for players to talk and interact with the referee.
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Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?
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I'm always aware of various audiences, as a part of my training as a journalist and as part of my training as a citizen of Negroland.
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Fashion is more about taste than money - you have to understand your body and tailor clothes to your needs; it's all about the fit. I do the alterations myself - I'm quite a seamstress - it's the influence of my Hungarian mother.
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Pittsburgh is a very hard city, especially if you're black.
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I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect.
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Quite simply I've distilled my mission down to the essence. The only thing I'm really here to do is shine light on people's lives through music, through laughter and to simply enjoy being with people.
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Like the sun, we are attracted to people who shine with warmth and brightness.
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You never wish on shooting stars. You wish on the ones that have the courage to shine where they are.
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I don’t think that I am the most informed or that I’ve earned my place to be a political spokes-voice. So I try to keep that type of politic out of my songwriting and I do it more in my personal life. I do a lot of fundraising, I do a lot of awareness raising through charity fundraising and lots of stuff that I do via eBay or my website, and I try to donate to causes that are fighting Trump’s racist system or the awful effects that Brexit is going to have.
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We don't have to pretend that the sun is shining when it isn't, but we must never give up hope that it will shine again.
