Brian Christian Quotes
But if we really want to start fathoming someone, we need to get them speaking in sentences we can't finish.
Quotes to Explore
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If I had a choice, I'd rather be admired less and have my husband tormented less. I'd prefer that people concentrate on a fair assessment of him and his Presidency.
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Oh my God, I'm a walking advertisement for discounted shopping.
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Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place and use it.
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I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
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I think the best thing I can say about it - and I think the best thing you can say about anything, really - is that 'The Motorcycle Diaries' made me feel like my home was bigger; it made me feel at home anywhere in Latin America.
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I can love a person in this life only insofar as he tries to advance in the praise and service of God our Lord; for the man who loves anything for itself and not for the sake of God, does not love God with his whole heart.
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I am a bit of a Pollyanna - I spend most of my day happy.
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You know, as a young child, I lay in my bedroom and I swore to myself then: 'I'm not going to smoke and I'm not going to drink.' And I said I'm not going to just say that when I'm a kid. I'm going to stick to that as an adult. I kept that in mind my whole life.
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When you think about growing and being empowered yourself, it is what you've been able to do for other people that leaves you the fullest.
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They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me.
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If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy.
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You can feel a lot of things, and that's okay. Channel that into your passion.
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I don't think about tennis 24/7. I enjoy time on the lake at my Florida home and just being lazy on the sofa.
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It's the confidence that says if I'm open shoot the basketball. I've been making shots my whole career. I can't turn down an open shot. I'm sorry, I can't do it. If I'm open, and a guy's 30 feet away from me, I've got to let it go.
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Despite the disreputable company it keeps, bismuth is harmless. In fact, it's medicinal: Doctors prescribe it to soothe ulcers, and it's the 'bis' in hot-pink Pepto-Bismol. Overall, it seems like the most out-of-place element on the periodic table, a gentleman among scoundrels.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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It was immediately clear to me that security was a cross-cutting issue, so rather than dividing the space up in parallel with each of the other areas, I wanted security cut across the areas in addition to having its own content.
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I have always been very calm on the outside. I'm not too stressed now just because I'm in formula one. For me, tomorrow will be another day whether I finish first or last. I have to do the maximum and I cannot ask any more from myself.
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But if we really want to start fathoming someone, we need to get them speaking in sentences we can't finish.
