Brett Gelman Quotes
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I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.
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Although the pineapple had been widely disseminated for centuries among the native peoples of South and Central America, it didn't figure in European history until 1493.
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Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.
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I've never seen myself as a 'girl driver.' I'm just a driver.
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Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.
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But like Mrs. Ford, I think that the more people realize what a difficult and what an insidious disease it is, the sooner people will start to correct that situation.
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Before 2000, we were unable to design a single car; all the cars were designed in Japan, Europe or somewhere else. We were just converting.
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I was pregnant, and, like, 'Being a mom's going to be easy!' And now I'm like, 'Great.'
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Even though the society that Marx foresaw is far from being an historical reality, Marxism has penetrated so deeply in history that we are all Marxists, one way or another, even unknowingly.
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I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.
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Beyond being timely, an obituary has a more subjective duty: to assess its subject's impact.
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E-mail, when it became mobile - what happened? Utilization of email went through the roof. Just pure Internet access and data - what happens when you mobilize it? Multiples. People are dependent upon broadband and as you mobilize it, they become even more dependent on broadband.
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I like the MAC Face and Body foundation. Sometimes it can't cover all my flaws, but I like it because it looks really natural and it evens out my skin tone.
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My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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I've never been one to stay still. I was born a nomad, and I still am a nomad and always will be.
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We're not going to make Evolution or any of our other products depend on Mono anytime in the near future.
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Nothing fires me up like losing. It certainly makes you want to go that extra bit.
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It's good to go with your gut instincts in life. You just should. Even if it doesn't work out, something good will come out of it.
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We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.
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I've been a very lucky guy. I played on championship teams. I played for Canada. I've won some awards and I'm very proud of those accomplishments. But I don't think there's anything greater than to come home and to be recognized at home. This is the pinnacle.
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Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.
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I can travel anywhere in the world and I can pretty much fit in.
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If you look at a map, you see that Hawaii is in the middle of nowhere. It's 17 hours of straight flying from London. It's very far away, and sometimes you feel as if you're on another planet. But I like that. Also, that's ideal for writing.
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Don't be proud of me. Do something to make yourself proud of yourself.
