Brett Gelman Quotes
It's actually just as cool to be on television as to be in a movie, and nobody's ashamed of this back and forth.
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Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
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I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and culture of the two involved.
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I was a go-go dancer at the Dom on East 10th Street in NYC. This was a glittering ballroom over Stanley's Bar. 1965.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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Either war is obsolete, or men are.
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I was lucky that I started very young, since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do. But my father is very conservative, and he never considered fashion to be a real career but something I could pursue as a hobby. He wanted me to be a doctor, and at one point, I thought of becoming a plastic surgeon.
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The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger took it to the next step, and then along came the Lovin' Spoonful and everybody else.
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If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
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I would say that to put architecture in the chain of history, to be able to interpret and understand why we are where we are, is quite crucial.
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So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing.
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There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way.
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The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.
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I pride myself on my personilty and not my looks because one day, I will be old and crusty with a moustache, and someone is going to love me for my personality and not looks. So whoever is going to marry me is going to laugh till he dies.
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There would be nights when I would wake up and couldn't get back to sleep. So I would go downstairs and write. The staff had a pool going on how many pages of typing I would bring in here in the morning.
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I say I am stronger than fear.
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In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in that we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.
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My mother always told me not to handle a buffalo by its tail, but always catch it by its horns. And I have used that lesson in everything in my life, including the Railways.
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I love Kate Winslet, Rachel Weisz, Maggie Smith and Judi Dench as well. They're all wonderful and they're very inspiring.
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For all you Joe Besser haters who claim that he was the worst Stooge, that's not true - Curly Joe DeRita was the worst stooge. Joe Besser was the second worst.
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The pressure to be timely with news has increased every year.
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How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.
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I'm a good skin, natural makeup kind of gal.
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Anyone who edits their own copy has a fool for an editor.
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It's actually just as cool to be on television as to be in a movie, and nobody's ashamed of this back and forth.
