Albert Brooks Quotes

I think I present a different side of a male character: a side that is not John Wayne-like, a side that is, in fact, destructible. To some people, that is refreshing, and to other people, especially if they don't know me, it may be disturbing.

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• The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

  

  Wallace Stevens
  • Desire
  • Reason
  • Nothing

• I like talking one-on-one to everyone. I find it really sort of cathartic and interesting to hear people's opinions.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • People
  • Interesting
  • Find

• The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all.

  

  Iris Murdoch
  • People
  • Love
  • Marriage

• I love London, I love the British people.

  

  Yohan Blake
  • People
  • Love
  • London

• Education is a way of empowering people; it opens up so many doors and is fundamental to everybody. And teachers are not often appreciated in the way that they should be.

  

  Camila Alves
  • People
  • Up
  • Education

• When you work on a movie, especially an independent movie, it's a lot of work to make it! It's not just our job as actors - so many people are working so hard, and even the littlest movie takes a lot of work.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
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• The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic.

  

  J. G. Ballard
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  • Present
  • Film

• Aereo is the first potentially transformative technology that has the chance to give people access to broadcast television delivered over the Internet to any device, large or small, they desire. No wires, no new boxes or remotes, portable everywhere there's an Internet connection in the world - truly a revolutionary product.

  

  Barry Diller
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  • World
  • Small

• You can get any film now basically for free, and that's where I think the model we're talking about is - if you give people what they want, how they want it and when they want it, they're more likely to pay for it.

  

  Dana Brunetti
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  • Free

• I'm really private, and also, when I'm home, I'm home. I don't like people in on my business. I believe that you can be overexposed.

  

  Gary Allan
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  • Believe
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• A president should look for what binds the people together rather than what drives them apart. As soon as you are identified with one side of the political map, you are no longer everybody's president.

  

  Dan Shechtman
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  • Together
  • Political

• I have learned a great deal in my life, and DeMolay helped me to learn that character and integrity should be cornerstones in your life. As a Senior DeMolay, as a father, the best advice I could ever give would be to take the high road in life, and you will be able to build trusting relationships.

  

  Larry Wilcox
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• I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't understand how some people would want fame so bad that they'd go out and get negative attention to earn it.

  

  Zac Efron
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• Often, overeating is a way to punish yourself for the anger and resentment you're feeling - either at yourself or someone else.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
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• Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible.

  

  T Bone Burnett
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  • May
  • Simple

• The essence of a person is not the clothing she wears or the things he does. People who love them do not stop loving them when they change clothing or do other things. Your essence is not even your history, culture, race, or what you think and do. It is your soul.

  

  Gary Zukav
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  • Love
  • She

• I had an incredibly full life with my imagination: I used to have all sorts of trolls and things; I had a wonderful world around my toys and invented people. I don't mean I had imaginary friends; I just had this big imagination thing going on. I didn't need any imaginary friends, because I had so much other stuff going on.

  

  Kate Bush
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• You need to understand that a skilled professional songwriter can accelerate your success as an already talented musician. These people are writing every single day, so their craft is really sharp, and it's the best songwriters who consistently get on the radio.

  

  Kara DioGuardi
  • People
  • Writing
  • Success

• The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror.

  

  Langston Hughes
  • People
  • Eyes
  • Meaning

• We prefer paychecks to welfare checks for the American people and a robust middle class with rising wages.

  

  Peter Navarro
  • People
  • American

• The laissez-faire attitude to science education has resulted in a disaster exemplified by the fact that more young people are opting for media studies than physics.

  

  Harry Kroto
  • People
  • Physics
  • Science education

• When you make a movie, you know you're making a long-form thing, so the visuals are different than for a video where it has to be more obvious or in your face, I think, a little bit.

  

  Anton Corbijn
  • Different
  • Long
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• Malice is always authentic and sincere.

  

  Mason Cooley

• I think I present a different side of a male character: a side that is not John Wayne-like, a side that is, in fact, destructible. To some people, that is refreshing, and to other people, especially if they don't know me, it may be disturbing.

  

  Albert Brooks
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