Brooke Fraser (Brooke Gabrielle Ligertwood) Quotes

Obviously, it was a big life change for me and quite a shock to suddenly have these songs I'd written in my bedroom as a far-too-intense teenager all over the airwaves and see my face on buses, especially in a small country like New Zealand, but at the same time it was such a thrill and an honour knowing that my music was reaching people.

Brooke Fraser Hillsong Worship

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• Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.

  

  Mallory Ortberg
  • Ideas
  • Write
  • More

• I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.

  

  Tawni O'Dell
  • People
  • America
  • Small

• Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • Home
  • House
  • Night

• All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.

  

  Park Chan-wook
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Responsibility

• Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an exponential curve.

  

  Randy Pausch
  • Success
  • Health
  • Grow

• I love hard punch lines, and I like anything that has a strong point of view.

  

  Natasha Leggero
  • Love
  • Hard
  • For Him

• There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!

  

  Hannah Cowley
  • Life
  • Time
  • Late

• I often look at women who wear great jeans and high heels and nice little T-shirts wandering around the city, and I think, 'I should make more of an effort. I should look like that.' But then I think, 'They can't be happy in those heels.'

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Great
  • Women
  • Happy

• My pictures are always part of my thinking, and my emotions, tensions, dreams, desires.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • Thinking
  • Dreams
  • Emotions

• As in any war, there have been dreadful mistakes and civilian casualties. The difference is when Israelis kill innocents they apologize; when Hezbollah kills innocents they celebrate.

  

  J. D. Hayworth
  • War
  • Mistakes
  • Celebrate

• The education of peoples is a necessary precondition to peace.

  

  Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
  • Education
  • Peace
  • Necessary

• I love working! I'm a huge fan of TV and will be happy as long as I'm getting to be creative.

  

  Patrick Labyorteaux
  • Happy
  • Creative
  • Working

• In life, you need a house and a car. After that, you have a choice.

  

  Xavier Niel
  • Life
  • House
  • Car

• During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes.

  

  Padma Lakshmi
  • Dress
  • Top
  • Chef

• The increasing diversification of media ecosystems after decades of state control, along with new digital tools that allow for greater citizen engagement, have led to a dramatic reshaping of the dynamics between citizens, media, and government.

  

  Ory Okolloh
  • Control
  • Engagement

• I don't think that youth should be glorified.

  

  Andie MacDowell

• Biennial culture is already almost irrelevant, because so many more people are providing so many better opportunities for artists to exhibit their work.

  

  Jerry Saltz
  • People
  • Work
  • Culture

• The Beatles' story is all of our stories. It is about how the youth culture emerged, the drug culture emerged, how politics rose to the fore as a universal debate. It's about rebellion, it's about the growth of the British entertainment system, the growth of the rock n' roll entertainment system.

  

  Bob Spitz
  • Culture
  • Rock
  • Growth

• Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

  

  George H. W. Bush

• It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.

  

  Halldor Laxness
  • Simple
  • Always
  • Matter

• Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.

  

  Aristotle
  • Face
  • Danger
  • Slaves

• Obviously, it was a big life change for me and quite a shock to suddenly have these songs I'd written in my bedroom as a far-too-intense teenager all over the airwaves and see my face on buses, especially in a small country like New Zealand, but at the same time it was such a thrill and an honour knowing that my music was reaching people.

  

  Brooke Fraser Hillsong Worship
  • Songs
  • Teenager
  • Face