Brian Chippendale Quotes
I hope to incorporate more variety of beats, more syncopation. It becomes very easy to play straight beats; straight rock is alluring.
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In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
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It was just such a demeaning thing to do, being in silent movies. They'd call you up and tell you, 'Hey, jump off this building!' and they'd give you a hundred bucks, and you'd do it.
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Devotion, as it relates to the title of my memoir, means fidelity - as in fidelity to a person or a practice. I think it's certainly possible to feel devotion without having faith, at least in the religious sense of the word.
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We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn't matter if they're family or if you've known them forever. If they're not good for you, they've got to go.
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I get a great high from writing.
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When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.
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As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own... Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland.
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If you look at a copy of EO 11110, you will find that it does not order the issuance of Silver Certificates. It orders an amendment to EO 10289... Those functions did not include the power to issue Silver Certificates.
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I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both I'll be happy.
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New Zealand has a great reputation in America for golf.
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I've always wanted a 'Full House' reunion, so when you see stuff like this comes back, it's super exciting.
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Up until now, I had ideas that I wanted to try but didn't have the opportunity to do them.
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I've always just wanted people to look at me.
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The first time I set out to find George F. Kennan, in 1982, I had just turned 21, begun my final semester at Princeton University and noticed with astonishment that the senior thesis deadline had crept to within four months.
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When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument.
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When the last days were upon me, and the ugly trifles of existence began to drive me to madness like the small drops of water torturers let fall ceaselessly upon one spot of their victim's body, I loved the irradiate refuge of sleep. In my dreams I found a little of the beauty I had vainly sought in life, and wandered through old gardens and enchanted woods.
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No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.
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I'm not a big fan of table reads or sitting around a table and reading a script. I'd rather do it on set and do it for real.
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Too many girls try to imitate others and don't think about what makes them unique. The best part of a girl is what makes her who she is as an individual.
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How do you be a 45-year-old man in a rock band, do it well, keep your dignity and not become a parody of yourself? I don't think it will be simple.
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God has taken away the greatest man of his generation, for Dr. Livingstone stood alone.
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England has not wholly escaped the curse which must ever befall a free government which holds extensive provinces in subjection; for, although she has not lost her liberty or fallen into anarchy, yet we behold the population of England crushed to the earth by the superincumbent weight of debt and taxation, which may one day terminate in revolution.
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I hope to incorporate more variety of beats, more syncopation. It becomes very easy to play straight beats; straight rock is alluring.
