Brian Henson Quotes
Really, initially what I very quickly realized that I was loving about the show was, because it reminded me of when I was a kid and I would visit the sets where my dad was shooting with the other puppeteers.
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I don't blame other people for the rap that Christians have. A lot of Christians are just mental. A lot of Christians are more concerned with telling you where you're gonna go when you die than what you can have while you're here.
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There are different reasons to make movies.
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Geffen was never supportive of the band.
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Hey, the TV was my friend. As a child, I always said, 'I want to live in there someday.'
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Let us not curse the darkness. Let us kindle little lights.
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I'm a huge Wong Kar-Wai fan.
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Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
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If bigots oppose gay marriage so vehemently, it must be because marriage is a defining institution for them; gays will never be fully accepted until they can marry and adopt, like anyone else.
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I had a couple CDs. But I never had that first concert experience, that first record thing.
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I started running, and I hated it. Of course, everyone hates running for the first mile. If you're running two miles or twenty miles, it always hurts. Now I live it. I look forward to it. It's really good. It clears my head.
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Of, course it always cheers a news editor when a story has what we describe as 'legs' therefore it, erm, runs.
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College professors used to be badly paid and worth it. Colleges used to be modest institutions; they should go back to being modest institutions.
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I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin' like myself.
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It's funny landing parts now where I'm somebody's mum. I remember the first time I was asked to play a mum. I was easily old enough, but because I didn't have any children, I thought, 'That seems really grown-up.'
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I fear that I won't work in the theatre again. I'm sad about that. But I won't retire.
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For wide swaths of training and education there are valuable spillovers which mean that the private sector needs support from the government. That is why I have been so determined to protect and grow apprenticeships and put higher education on a sustainable footing.
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It's a rare thing when you read a role and have this immediate ownership over it, you have this take and this connection, and it's not even that you feel that you're gonna do a good job, it's that you feel like you've found it. It fits, it's natural; it's like putting on a good shoe or something.
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I'm predisposed to never be in pure celebration mode.
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Paul Bearer was very influential in the early stages of my career. He constantly hounded me and I just think he realized the potential that was there. He convinced me that I was in the right place and doing the right thing.
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Records are one thing, and obviously, without hit songs, you don't have the opportunity to do your shows. But my live show has always been my selling tool.
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To be able to help a 13-year-old kid from the Bronx follow her dreams just by letting her know she's not forgotten in this crazy world - that's why I got involved with Frum Tha Ground Up.
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I always like to get a role where I think, 'Ah, I know this is probably going to be played like this, but I'm going to do it like this.'
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You can't control income. It varies based on conditions outside of your control. But you can control expenses.
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Really, initially what I very quickly realized that I was loving about the show was, because it reminded me of when I was a kid and I would visit the sets where my dad was shooting with the other puppeteers.
