Albert Brooks Quotes
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I've got good speed off the edge.
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Novels are longer than life.
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As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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I've been an entrepreneur all my life, and my recent focus is on finding entrepreneurial solutions to address global challenges in healthcare and education.
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The hard-core Left loves ridiculing Christians who believe scripture that says, 'God created the heaven and the earth.' They say that it's anti-science to believe that an almighty God would do such a thing.
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Growing up, my imagined life as a musician was something along the lines of me lounging in a Learjet en route to a swelling outdoor amphitheatre on a dazzling summer's eve.
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I'm really into personalities. There have been certain girls that I've been attracted to, but when we got to chatting, it was such a let-down. So for me, a great personality is key.
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Dancing is a beautiful thing.
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Many great founders have one or more big failures on their track record. What makes them great is that they eventually succeed despite that.
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We need to work tirelessly to help create new jobs and good jobs here in Florida.
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The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is like the greatest, most fantastic library you could ever imagine. It's a labyrinth of books with tunnels, bridges, arches, secret sections - and it's hidden inside an old palace in the old city of Barcelona.
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It was my father who - after, at age 15, I had attempted unsuccessfully to drive the family car using a 'borrowed' key and knocked down a wall of the garage - convinced me over the telephone not to run away from home and who then came home from work not to punish me but rather to console and comfort me.
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It was fortunate in looking back for South Africa and its entire people that Mandela and I found it possible to work together even though big strains developed between us from time to time.
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The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.
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When you experience a failure as a leader, don't hide it - talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks.
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I have a lot to weigh: the basis of public service, which I've given my life to, a career choice. And most importantly, what I want to do as a parent. I know something about the White House. That, I assume, is one of the reasons that President-elect Obama would like me to serve. But I also know something about what it means to a family.
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I said to my agent, 'I want short, sharp, well-paid jobs because I haven't got time for anything else.'
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I was at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards one year - they called me up when somebody canceled two days before the thing, and asked me to present some awards. So I went, and one of the funniest film moments I've ever had was when they introduced the New York film critics. They all stood up - motley isn't the word for that group. Everybody had some sort of vision problem, some sort of damage - I had to bury myself in my napkin.
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The inventors we remember didn't invent anything. They're the people who took somebody else's invention and made it commercially viable.
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Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free.
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There is no fire like passion. There are no chains like hate. Illusion is a net, Desire is a rushing river.
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I'm not Elvis. I don't get chased by paparazzi.
