Brian Christian Quotes
Sometimes there’s so much that needs to be said that the literal site disappears, becomes, as in My Dinner with Andre...
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All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
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I didn't get at first put into a rehab facility; I got put in a adolescent psychiatric unit for my detox.
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The way to lose weight is to eat less, so I ate a lot less for a month and lost a lot of weight pretty quickly.
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The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore.
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I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
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Even the superstars need to be coached once in awhile.
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When Arab apologists wring their hands over an Israeli military incursion, they never mention what the Israelis are reacting to, or else diminish and distort it.
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I literally went down to my car and thought, 'Oh my God, SAP bought Concur - maybe tomorrow they'll buy Dairy Queen.' It was the best thing that happened to me on the day I was named CEO of Oracle.
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I'd rather have 100,000 people who really get what I'm doing and like it for what it is than a million who can take it or leave it.
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I want to have a food truck that would just be bathrooms. I would line it up in back of the other food trucks, and I'd charge $1 for use.
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I shop at thrift shops probably five times a week.
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One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
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I loved campaigning for Obama.
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Never say goodbye, You say tomorrow's another day, All I know is we're here today. I've got nightmares I could never share with you, The kind that keeps me up all night. So hold me tight till the room is light And tell me that it's all right.
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How happy he who crowns in shades like these,A youth of labour with an age of ease.
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If the only significant history of human thought were to be written, it would have to be the history of its successive regrets and its impotences.
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If you really think about it, everything is wonderful in this world, everything except for our thoughts and deeds when we forget about the loftier goals of existence, about our human dignity.
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My mother was really courageous.
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I've seen my mom confined to a wheelchair in the last three years of her life. Both her knees had given way, and there was no way she could undergo surgery at her age. Even though I was concerned for her, I didn't know at that time what she had to go through.
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I know what you go through when you learn someone close to you has died.
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I am politically incorrect, that's true. Political correctness to me is just intellectual terrorism. I find that really scary, and I won't be intimidated into changing my mind. Everyone isn't going to love you all the time.
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Sometimes there’s so much that needs to be said that the literal site disappears, becomes, as in My Dinner with Andre...
