Nan Fairbrother Quotes
The sorrows we imagine are more profound and inconsolable than real life leaves us time for.
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We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.
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To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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No 17-year-old is just one thing, especially in this day and age. Kids are into all sorts of things.
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Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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People say, 'You should let your hair out; you shouldn't be oppressed - you're not in Malaysia anymore. You should show your curves and be proud of it.' But I am proud - it's my choice to cover up my body. I'm not oppressed - I'm free.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.
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But I think we need the international market.
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And the people I have been accountable to every single day in the Senate are the 27 million Texans who I represent and I made a promise to them that I make to you today, which is, if I am elected, every single day I will do two things: tell the truth, and do what I said I would do.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
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Since the end of the Cold War, Soviet aggression had been replaced by a number of particularly venomous threats, from Timothy McVeigh to Osama bin Laden.
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I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.
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People ask me, 'Have you ever considered doing stand-up?' To me it would be less offensive if someone asked me, 'Have you ever considered dental implants?'
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Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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I think top scientists need to be compensated at a different scale in society. Somebody with experience will tell you that true scientists are not motivated by money - they are motivated by the quest itself. That is true. But I think an additional recognition will not hurt.
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Freedom battles are not fought without paying heavy prices.
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The sorrows we imagine are more profound and inconsolable than real life leaves us time for.
