Albert Brooks Quotes
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California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
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I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday.
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The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.
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I try to make my fans happy by working hard in every film of mine, and I give my films everything I've got.
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I was young and irresponsible, a silly woman laden with sin, not caring for anything except fame and fortune and self. But I have lived seeking truth in Jesus Christ and found it has made me free.
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Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out.
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What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre.
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If America is truly Israel's greatest ally, we should not be asking it to put its citizens and future at risk by forcing the establishment of a hostile Palestinian state as the only option.
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I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.
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My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.
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You always gotta be on time, an hour ahead of everything. You always gotta be prepared.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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All the times I've been lucky enough to be a part of a show that's actually gotten on the air, it's always that same mixture of excitement and utter fear.
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Novels are pirated all the time, but it's hard to imagine that you're at work and you open up the attachment that your brother sent you and it's the new Phillip Roth novel.
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Always work on the things you're not good at, because once you develop skills in those areas, you have no more fears.
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I think the best thing I ever did was never tell anyone I wanted to be an actor. I find if you tell people what you're dreaming about, they'll usually come up with lots of reasons to not chase your dreams.
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We are so excited for what's next. I think that's what I love most about it, the energy and the excitement that comes from that.
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The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself but when he plays the role destiny has for him.
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I come from the place where I am thinking 'I have put my blood on the pages.'
