Brian Houston Quotes
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We were like a white family from the 1920s or something. My parents had this bizarre, different way of looking at things from the people that surrounded us. I went to an all-Mexican grade school and an all-black high school, and not many people in those places liked the same stuff as me.
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Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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I'm ready for a different America.
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If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.
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I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.
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We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.
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I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My first thought is always of light.
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Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.
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'Great Expectations' has become one of my favorite books.
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Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.
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I had to make squirrel noises as Bubbles and without realizing it, I was making the face and putting my fingers up to my face to look like a squirrel and everyone made fun of me for the rest of the day.
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I seem to get into situations that make people laugh, but I don't consider myself that funny of a person. I'm not witty. I'm kind of slow in conversations. I'm not that articulate with jokes. The first time I made stuff and screened it for an audience, I was surprised what people were laughing at.
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France has more need of me than I have need of France.
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I don't want to participate in traditional Indian religious ceremonies - dance in a sun dance or pray in a sweat lodge or go on a vision quest with the help of a medicine man. The power of these ceremonies has an appeal, but I'm content with what little religion I already have.
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I'm a voracious reader. I also have a ton of favorite TV shows I'm addicted to.
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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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Patrick Demarchelier was the one who got me my first 'Vogue' cover. It was French 'Vogue' – I think in '87 or '88. I think I was the first black model to be on the cover of French Vogue, which was shocking to me because when I asked them about it, they were like, 'Oh, no. We've never had that before.'
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An essential part of seeing clearly is finding the willingness to look closely and to go beyond our own ideas.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.
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I ended up becoming so self-conscious that my songs stopped being about my life and started being about what people thought of my music. And that was really bad.
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It's so gratifying to see people face to face who get to meet the people who are giving them a fair price for their work. They can now provide medical support for their kids, give them better education and in general have a better standard of living. God knows they deserve it.
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I think any opportunity you have to be green, whether it's in business or in everyday life, you should take it.
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To choose life with God is to choose a blessed life.
