Brooke Fraser (Brooke Gabrielle Ligertwood) Quotes
I've always recognised that I have influence, whether I like it or not, and that I can use it to do something good.
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I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
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Life is not always not always what one wants it to be., but to make the best of it as it is the only way of being happy.
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In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
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I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
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Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.
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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
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I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
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The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
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Starting at 11, I was a movie-theater popcorn girl, a babysitter, a sales clerk - in the Midwest, they start them early!
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Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.
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I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within - in front of the sea.
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I think one of my first jokes - in the black community, there's people who have jokes about skin tone. People like, 'You so black, you purple.' 'You so black, you gotta smile so we can see you at night.'
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Any terrorism is an attack on libertarian values.
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I do believe that all of the world needs reform. The reform must take place everywhere.
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There's a side to you as an actor, a selfish side, that wants to go on and play different roles.
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No one in my family is in entertainment. They thought acting was a fun hobby, and when I got a degree, I'd settle down.
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This is the moment when I should also admit that when the Internet first arrived I kept telling people it was a fad.
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I had heard about how people struggle and how hard it is to get into acting. But I did not care because it's something I love.
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It's cool to meet your idols. It's a good opportunity to travel. Those kinds of things are good.
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Having been governor of New Mexico, I know that legislation gets passed to benefit those who have money and influence. Then they buy more money and influence. That's one reason why, as governor, I vetoed more than 750 bills and thousands of line items. I did it to keep crony capitalism away from government.
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Millions of us track ourselves all the time. We step on a scale and record our weight. We balance a checkbook. We count calories. But when the familiar pen-and-paper methods of self-analysis are enhanced by sensors that monitor our behavior automatically, the process of self-tracking becomes both more alluring and more meaningful.
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Talking about relationships is a surefire way to jinx them.
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I've always recognised that I have influence, whether I like it or not, and that I can use it to do something good.
