Brom (Gerald Brom) Quotes
Children like yourselves are full of magic, but the men have turned, they've lost their magic to the fear and hatred they harbor for all that they can't explain, control, or understand.
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People take things so seriously.
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I've never been a partier.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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I get most of my inspiration from older records. Most of the records that I listen to were probably made before I was born, and I was born in the mid-'70s. I don't know why, exactly, I'm drawn to those sounds.
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I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion.
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I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
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I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.
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We must set up large refugee camps outside the E.U. with armed security and financial support provided by the Union.
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Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.
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It's critical that the manager has the respect of players so he can make the moves that he feels is appropriate without having somebody go to the papers. They respect you. So you respect them back.
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I started on computers with 'Billy Bathgate,' a little orange screen with black letters. I thought it was really cool, but it actually slowed me up for a while because it's so easy to revise, I tended to stay on the same page. I've learned to discipline myself.
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Not only do I not drive, I don't have my driver's license; there's a story there, but the upshot is that I spent my high school years an ardent environmentalist and workout junkie who wanted to save the environment, burn calories, and have my boyfriends drive me around.
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The great thing about Watergate is, is that the system worked. The American system worked. The press did its job. We did what we were supposed to do.
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Augustine's description of Ambrose's silent reading (including the remark that he never read aloud) is the first definite instance recorded in Western literature.
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Will an Iraq war make our Al Qaeda problem worse? Not likely.
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I'm a huge salsa fan. I actually have a salsa on my album, 'Formula Vol. 2,' featuring Marc Anthony.
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After the loss of Columbia a couple of years ago, I think we were reminded of the risk. All of us, though, have always known that the Space Shuttle is a very risky vehicle, much more risky than even flying airplanes in combat.
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The attitude that poetry should not be analyzed is prevalent among many who consider themselves experts on children's literature. But I suspected that kids like to look closely at things and figure out what makes them go.
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To fear is to expect punishment. To love is to know we are immersed not in darkness, but in light.
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Very often it's really inconvenient - who you fall in love with. You can't really control it.
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To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
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My experience as a young actor on network television was that I couldn't make it work. I was drowning as an actor.
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Children like yourselves are full of magic, but the men have turned, they've lost their magic to the fear and hatred they harbor for all that they can't explain, control, or understand.
