Brian H. Hook Quotes
The only purpose in requesting it was to demand the release of the Americans that they’ve detained, given the sensitivity of that subject, I don’t want to go beyond what I said, that I requested the meeting, and I did have a discussion with them, and that’s as much as I can say on it.
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All of the agreed-upon pariahs throughout pop-culture history put their identities into the thing we decry. And yet we derive our own identities from the act of hating. We connect on the things we are disappointed in. Some may argue that nothing in history gathers a crowd like complaining about Lady Gaga's meat dress.
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I'm a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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I never thought of being disadvantaged.
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I started feeling secure in every way once I began to accept myself the way I was. Whether that was emotional, financial or professional security, all of it came and embraced me because I embraced myself.
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When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music.
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So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure.
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There is no greater nobility than offering one’s life to the nation and, Mr. President, your father offered his life so that this nation might be free.
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The simplest comment on my book came from my ballet teacher. She said, 'I wish you hadn’t made every line funny. It’s so depressing.'
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A poet, qua poet, has only one political duty, namely, in his own writing to set an example of the correct use of his mother tongue, which is always being corrupted. When words lose their meaning, physical force takes over.
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There are literally several levels of SCO being wrong. And even if we were to live in that alternate universe where SCO would be right, they'd still be wrong.
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Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.
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We were kinda rebels. From the wrong side of the tracks. Down where we were raised, it was a tough town.
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Greece's European neighbors were able step in and bolster the weak foundation on which Greece's free-spending budget was based. It would be difficult for any country, or intergovernmental organization, to rescue an economy the size of the U.S. if investors were ever to lose faith in our bonds because of our enormous debt.
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What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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I've written about how mortality is a wonderful indicator of societal progress.
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I have a few pieces that I got for my birthdays or that I bought for myself: I acquire things that speak to me and put them on my wall. When I see things I like, I just know.
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You appear to have a good project... we wish you well in this endeavor.
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I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
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It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you're in boom times.
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Television's Mr. Filth: that's me.
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Because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.
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The only purpose in requesting it was to demand the release of the Americans that they’ve detained, given the sensitivity of that subject, I don’t want to go beyond what I said, that I requested the meeting, and I did have a discussion with them, and that’s as much as I can say on it.
