Brian Regan Quotes
I try my jokes onstage. The only way to really find out if something is going to work is to try it on stage, and I try to be careful and bookend something new with a strong bit before and a strong bit afterwards. But it's fun to run on virgin snow. I like that feeling onstage of creating new footprints and not knowing what's going to happen.
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Yes, there is plenty of hard work for them in addition to that which they do when they appear, smiling and happy, when the curtain goes up. Giving a performance is the least of their worries.
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SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.
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I always wear the same thing at home. I can't be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as a diplomat. If the day job demands it, I won't write at all. I write in what I call 'the crevices of my day job', and that comes only on weekends.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning.
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I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.
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Do send out a newsletter when you have a new book out or are going on tour. Also list relevant event dates and notifications of contests you are running.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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Being a teenager is hard.
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I'm personally looking for artists that are along the lines of today's pop stars. Whether it be a Rihanna or a Justin Bieber or a Kanye West or a Beyonce or a Lady Gaga, I'm looking for talent that's like that, that's what I love.
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I felt like love has been underrepresented - unironic love, just actually really falling in love.
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We don't necessarily always agree, but hopefully we make each other think, and that's what matters.
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It is important to make the fans that support me feel supported.
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A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval.
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Nothing that comes from the deep, passional soul is bad, or can be bad.
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In 1962 I wrote for 'Jazz News,' using the pseudonym Manfred Manne, which I picked because of a jazz drummer with that name. I later dropped the 'e.'
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I admire Miken's exceptional engineering capabilities and was drawn to their passion for hockey and drive to be the best in all they do.
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Even when I make mistakes and people exploit my mistakes on television or on the Internet, and they use it to make fun of me, it's just kind of working in my favor at the end. It's really strange.
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I became obsessed with making more and more tiny things. I think I was trying to find a way of compensating for my embarrassment at having learning difficulties: people had made me feel small so I wanted to show them how significant 'small' could be.
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Drawn by warm nostalgic feelings for the place and by two sweet little words: 'Open Bar.'
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A friend of mine drowned in a bowl of muesli. A strong currant pulled him in.
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I try my jokes onstage. The only way to really find out if something is going to work is to try it on stage, and I try to be careful and bookend something new with a strong bit before and a strong bit afterwards. But it's fun to run on virgin snow. I like that feeling onstage of creating new footprints and not knowing what's going to happen.
