Brooke Fraser (Brooke Gabrielle Ligertwood) Quotes
I recognise my responsibility, and it's funny when I read people who say they never asked to be a role model, and I understand that, but as soon as you have influence over people, you have a responsibility with what you do with that influence.
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And also, I know I have this responsibility or mission to show people, to encourage them to live their dream, too.
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I was always very focused on how people dressed.
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I thought perhaps it should be recognized that religious people, including fundamentalists, are quite intelligent, many of them are highly educated, and they should be treated with complete respect.
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People try to look for deep meanings in my work. I want to say, 'They're just cartoons, folks. You laugh or you don't.' Gee, I sound shallow. But I don't react to current events or other stimuli. I don't read or watch TV to get ideas. My work is basically sitting down at the drawing table and getting silly.
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In France there are, I think, less than one per cent of people who are too skinny.
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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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I didn't plan on going into show business. Show business picked me. And it's been fun. One of the best things about being in show business is people think they know me, and they feel like they grew up with me.
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I've never been a big fan of making telepathy to the audience. That would be too much a wink in the eye. That would make people around me fools, right?
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When you were growing up in the 30s, 20s, of course the 40s, all black people at least in the Washington, D.C., area were required to live among themselves.
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I've heard stories of people meeting the loves of their lives online, and that's great. But it freaks me out.
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People want development. Not everyone knows what it means. Same as jobs. Not everyone knows what a job is, but people want jobs.
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I'm afraid Japanese people tend to collective hysteria.
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It might crush a lot of people, but I've never been in the room with an artist that I've written a song for.
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Things don't really impress me. Memories impress me. It's not the toys, it's the people.
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As we continue advancing and leveraging GIS and as we keep bringing in new generations of technology as well as new generations of people, my sense is we're going to achieve extraordinary things.
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I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that.
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No one wants their personal emails made public, and I think most people understand that and respect that privacy.
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I cannot anyhow continue to find people agreeable; I respect Mrs. Chamberlayne for doing her hair well, but cannot feel a more tender sentiment. Miss Langley is like any other short girl, with a broad nose and wide mouth, fashionable dress and exposed bosom. Adm. Stanhope is a gentleman-like man, but then his legs are too short and his tail too long.
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'Heaven's Gate' was based on a true story about the cattle people: the people who had the money turned on the settlers who were in the area. And it was mainly a defense of their behavior. And the cattlemen's association had just about declared war on these people who were poaching cattle, and because they were mainly immigrants.
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No matter how much we disagree with people, demonising them doesn't get us anywhere; it merely indicates a closed mind.
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Maryland is one of the greatest schools that we have in this country.
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I lived in a town of 400 until I was like nine or ten. My dad coached all the sports - he was a gym teacher and health teacher for grades K-12.
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If you notice any of the press from when I was with the show, I would always deny it being the year 3000.
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I recognise my responsibility, and it's funny when I read people who say they never asked to be a role model, and I understand that, but as soon as you have influence over people, you have a responsibility with what you do with that influence.
