Brian Houston Quotes
The spirit of those around you will stick to you like glue. Be careful of wrong associations and what you allow to cling to you. Not everyone who appears friendly is a friend.
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There is a very deep conviction in the heart of the people who work in al-Jazeera that if it changes its editorial line, it will very quickly lose its audience. Al-Jazeera has its own style; it has more than 3,500 employees, and I don't think anyone will have the attitude of changing it because they will lose.
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I'm not one for Sudoku or crosswords - the thing that fires my little brain is doing tour budgets.
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Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.
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I feel it's tougher for the guys, because if I break up with them, then they can go on and be forced to watch me on TV every day. I don't see them.
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I want to wake up every day and feel that I'm training harder than my competitors, that I'm dieting harder, that I'm recovering better. That's what gives me confidence when I'm lining up on the blocks. I've never gone out to prove people wrong. I just want to be the best that I can possibly be.
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I definitely see myself continuing to transition into more acting roles. I'll always be a coach. I'm always going to have a training center, always going to work with guys that are looking for some input and want help. I love commentating, and that's something I can always go back to and enjoy doing.
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It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
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I am on the edge of mysteries and the veil is getting thinner and thinner.
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We do not want an expanding struggle with consequences, that no one can perceive, nor will we bluster or bully or flaunt our power, but we will not surrender and we will not retreat, for behind our American pledge lies the determination and resources, I believe, of all of the American nation.
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A people must have dignity and identity.
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Obviously, stats are important tools, but I think there's something behind those things; somewhere along the way, you've got to try to look inside someone.
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Once I've designed something, I immediately move on to the next thing.
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The most important thing is, how can I move forward towards something that I can't articulate, that is new in storytelling with moving images and sound?
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There is a greed case for diversity. Diverse perspectives bring us into markets we didn't know existed.
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I don't try to make the guitar sound like the harpsichord or lute. That makes you end up being like a bad copy.
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The deconstructed, postmodern pizza has been with us for ages, and the fact is that pretty much every ingredient in the world has been used as a pizza topping and liked by somebody, somewhere.
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When I'm playing an American, I don't play Lennie with an American accent. They're American characters who look like me, but they have different voices.
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Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake.
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My 4-year-old son prays every night for his best friend who is the same age - our next door neighbor in Liberia, a little Liberian boy: 'Dear God, please don't let him get Ebola.' I'm proud of him for thinking about his friend and praying for him but that's not a prayer that a 4-year-old should have to consider.
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I actually have a movie that I was a supporting role in that I'm really proud of called 'Sun Dogs.'
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I like to really know what every scene is about, what the text is, what the subtext is. Then I figure out how to express that when I'm shooting.
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Few are the memories which are more than a handful of dust, to be let run through the fingers.
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Sex in the nineties is boring. The problem is that it has gone from an active act to a spectator sport. We watch people make love on television and in films. We call 900 numbers to hear what someone would do to us if they weren't sitting in a boiler room of other dirty talkers reading from a prepared script.
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The spirit of those around you will stick to you like glue. Be careful of wrong associations and what you allow to cling to you. Not everyone who appears friendly is a friend.
