Brett Gelman Quotes
I'm a straight white man - I have options, and I'm not blocked on a consistent basis when I wake up in the morning because of my race, sex, and orientation.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.
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Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
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The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous.
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Marijuana is not tested for, and yet that is the big thing guys are getting in trouble with in the league. It's terrible.
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I started breaking out of my shell in sophomore and junior year.
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I was excited to get the opportunity to sing something in a movie 'cause I love musicals and I would love to be able to do more movie musicals, in the future.
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If I am elected president, keep an eye on the tarmac, because I'll be back, because Iowa in 2017 will not be fly-over country. It will be fly-to country.
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My great-grandfather came here as a refugee from the pogrom in Ukraine.
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I am not, and have no interest in being, a musician of any kind.
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The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.
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Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.
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I'm not like a gorgeous bombshell or anything like that.
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I remember going to church about four times a week. I liked it a lot.
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Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.
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People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words. With me, it is exactly the opposite, and not only with regard to an entire speech but also with individual words.
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I'm sure at some point I will get back into coaching, but right now I need to focus completely on my kids.
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I have my detractors in Washington. There are bastards who spread things around, of course, who planted nasty things in the media.
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Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level.
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I felt a little nervous. I know I pitched well, but I can't be happy because the team lost.
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For me, it is as though at every moment the actual world had completely lost its actuality. As though there was nothing there; asthough there were no foundations for anything or as though it escaped us. Only one thing, however, is vividly present: the constant tearing of the veil of appearances; the constant destruction of everything in construction. Nothing holds together, everything falls apart.
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It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.
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I'm a straight white man - I have options, and I'm not blocked on a consistent basis when I wake up in the morning because of my race, sex, and orientation.
