Alan Brien Quotes
The country is laid out in a haphazard, sloppy fashion, offensive to the tidy, organized mind.
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I can sing 'Happy Birthday' to you in twelve different places, but one of them is going to make you feel a certain thing, maybe it's a vulnerability, maybe an innocence, maybe another way is sexy and soulful or bluesy whatever it is, but with singers, exploring keys, I think, is important.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I feel nowadays a lot of bands can be too overly produced. There's something about the leather pants and bare bodies and Axl Rose running back and forth on a stage and going crazy. I love all that.
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I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
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The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.
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I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies.
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We're not really under pressure to deliver a cloned baby to this world. What we are under pressure to do is to deliver a cloned baby that is a healthy one.
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But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian worth his salt, and this is where I fault Stephen Ambrose and a lot of these guys who attack me - not all of life is a result of conspiracy by any means! Accident occurs alongside conspiracy.
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In Chicago, they die for their teams.
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My mom is probably the only person shorter than me that I'm scared of. Still to this day. She's, like, five-two, maybe.
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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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The only weights I lift are my dogs.
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We're not curing cancer, people. I wish we were, but we're not. It's entertainment.
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I think that's how most families are, really. Everyone thinks their family is the craziest family in the world.
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Quality is pride of workmanship.
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Very rich.
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The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point of not really wanting anything from him.
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I am running for Governor of the great state of Ohio and welcome your support.
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If all those people are getting wet to welcome me, surely the least I can do is get wet too!
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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The way we've been neglecting to support our libraries throughout the country is a shame.
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People tell me I need an assistant, but I don't want one.
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I think religion is a mistake - I'm exhausted by its self-righteousness. I think atheists should start screaming for attention like religious folks do.
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The country is laid out in a haphazard, sloppy fashion, offensive to the tidy, organized mind.
