Brett Gelman Quotes
As far as making people feel less depressed, that, in and of itself, is a political act.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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I think the process is one of using the camera and sound in the way a detective uses a magnifying glass: to find the clues. They're discovery devices, not performance devices - you're watching things the way a cat does. You're not judging. You're there to witness something.
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Just now, Christianity is in the ascendant. Buddhism and Taoism are decadent; their influence cannot long hold its own. Buddhism has long since passed its meridian; Taoism has only demons, not gods.
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As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.
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I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
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Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.
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The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers.
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I have a close association with Gen. Petraeus... What you get in Dave Petraeus is a very unique officer, a combination of intelligence, extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding.
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The family code in Egypt is one of the worst family codes in the Arab world. Polygamy. The husband is having absolute power over the family.
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Sometimes I feel like a man; sometimes I feel like a child.
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This was something I always dreamed and wanted to be part of, when women's wrestling was freakin' cool, and now it is.
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Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.
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We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them.
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Randomness works well in search-sometimes better than humans.
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We know we’ve come to a crossroads when German childhood is being held up as an idealized model for Americans.
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Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth. The intellectual kings of the earth have seldom been college-bred.
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Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration.
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I don't know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
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For me, even in my first book, the pleasures of writing anything magical is that it has to be physical. It has to be grounded and very much in this world. Then, I get to play with all the consequences of this new thing.
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The one simple lesson to draw from President Obama's legacy: do not start off with a compromise. They won't meet you in the middle. Instead, what we need is an unapologetic progressive leader.
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I'm not trying to race the whole men's tour; I just want to race one time. If you know me, which most people on the World Cup do, they know that this is a legitimate goal of mine and not a publicity stunt.
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No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
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As far as making people feel less depressed, that, in and of itself, is a political act.
