Brian Sewell Quotes
A memorial garden will be tacky. We should put the money into supporting things that Diana did and was interested in.
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Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritten Middle Passage story called 'Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free.' I was raised by civil rights activists with a very strong sense of racial history and consciousness.
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It's very interesting, the dynamics of popularity. When you do something all the time, you don't worry about whether it's trendy or not.
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The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
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I'm not a good guitar player.
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I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.
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It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
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When I went to college, I discovered the Sega console, and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' became very dear to me.
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Obviously I will promote 'Vaalu.' It is my film. I am the lead actress in it; I play a major part, and I will promote the film.
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We want to get to a point where anything you can think of finding that is video related is searchable or recommended to you on YouTube.
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I always thought golf was a game reserved for the rich and the elite... But it's a misconception. It's a highly technical game, and it's a game that you can play and master alone. You require sharp skills for it, and you can play the game alone.
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The great joy of doing 'The Daily Show' for me is that I get to sit on the fence between cultures. I am commenting on the absurdity of both sides as an outsider and insider. Sometimes I'm playing the brown guy, and sometimes I'm not, but the best stuff I do always goes back to being a brown kid in a white world.
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You tax Mexico? The president of the United States is going to tax Mexico to get a wall for the United States of America? I'm pointing out the absurdity of a lot of these comments.
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Certainly the format of ghostbusting lends itself to a videogame beautifully.
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I'm a bit of a Libertarian.
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I do get stopped a bit now and then, but I can go to the supermarket and on the Tube without being noticed. It's usually me that gets starstruck, especially by TV stars.
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The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one.
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I think, on the rap side of life, I've always been inspired by and respected Missy Elliott for a long time. She's funny and created an image for herself that was non-sexualized but was really interesting and really cool and really kind of avant-garde in a lot of ways.
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When I published my first novel, 'Slammed,' I included lyrics at the beginning of each chapter from one of my favorite bands, The Avett Brothers. The overwhelmingly positive response from readers to those lyrics really surprised me.
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Les acteurs sont bien heureux, ils ont une gloire sans responsabilité.
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Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling different. I was often the only person of color in an otherwise all-white school. And within the Indian community, because of my training with an English acting teacher, my accent was very different.
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In many ways, that affection is the real reward for 56 years in the business. Although the money ain't exactly bad either.
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I didn't come from a wealthy family. I had no money. Maybe it goes back to naivete which is your greatest asset when you're young. If I was starting in comedy today and if it didn't work the first time, I'd probably quit. But I kept at it, kept at it.
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A memorial garden will be tacky. We should put the money into supporting things that Diana did and was interested in.
