Albert Brooks Quotes
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Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.
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I have a sewing machine that I adore, and I spend a lot of time sitting in front of it when I'm not working. And any excuse to paint or draw or do something artistic with my hands really gets me going. Definitely aspiring.
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In a nutshell though, it's just all about opening up to the people that really care about my career and really listening to everybody who is listening to me. It's just made me stronger, to really be able to open up that door and listen to everybody else's opinions.
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I feel like I've grown up on screen quite a lot.
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I like Alexander McQueen's work a lot: he's always pushing boundaries, and he's rough around the edges.
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Once you become an Olympic champion, you are expected to win all the time.
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Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.
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I really don't know where my interest in death comes from. Maybe I've just got a twisted imagination. The truth is, I haven't had a hugely eventful life - maybe I'm compensating in my creative life. Or maybe I'm just a bit sick.
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Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.
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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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I learned a lot about America and a lot about Pat Schroeder, and that's why I will not be a candidate for President.
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A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to your destination.
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Is it fair to treat a woman worse than a man, and then revile her because she is a woman?
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I would rather trust my child to a serpent than to a teacher who does not believe in God.
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The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. ... Freedom and slavery are mental states. Therefore, the first thing to say to yourself: 'I shall no longer accept the role of a slave. I shall not obey orders as such but shall disobey them when they are in conflict with my conscience'.'
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Obama White House rescued the economy from the worst recession.
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He has a woman's name and wears makeup. How original.
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It's sapiens to be homo.
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I was really good at saying no. I decided I was just going to say yes to any opportunity that came, no matter how crazy. And it changed my life.
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I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.
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My voice has served me well. I do a little 15-minute warm up before I go onstage. It really helps a lot. I keep my trap shut after a show. I don’t go around doing interviews after a show. We don’t do meet and greets. They can go very badly. If I got consecutive shows I just go to bed. A little discipline goes a long way.
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Sweaters need to be imagined, dreamed over.
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I never wanted to be a director.
