Albert Brooks Quotes
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.
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Usually, if you read a script by somebody else and there's a dense page of stage directions, people just skip through it or speed read it.
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I'm a huge fan of Taio Cruz. I'm really liking what he's doing at the moment. I'd love to do something with him.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft.
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They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it.
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I've always been taught that hard work doesn't fail.
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Cipla has a strong professional management team, and we take team decisions. My brother has been working at Cipla since 1973.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator.
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I am a morning writer; I am writing at eight-thirty in longhand and I keep at it until twelve-thirty, when I go for a swim. Then I come back, have lunch, and read in the afternoon until I take my walk for the next day's writing.
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Those who liberated the South from Israel must show allegiance to Lebanon.
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I can love a person in this life only insofar as he tries to advance in the praise and service of God our Lord; for the man who loves anything for itself and not for the sake of God, does not love God with his whole heart.
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One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.
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The best leaders over the long term are those who have a sound home life.
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In San Francisco, I eat halal, which is kind of like Muslim kosher, and there's this one Thai restaurant, and it's right next to the 'Great American Hall'. I'm there all the time whenever I'm in town; that's my spot.
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In the split-second before someone prepares to answer a question, he will consciously or subconsciously evaluate what the best possible answer might be. For a truthful person, the best possible answer might omit some information. It might have a few extraneous details. But it will still offer the information requested.
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Science sometimes falls short when trying to fathom the depths of our essence - and our inspiration comes from that essence.
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You just have to surround yourself with people who are going to support and love you before trying to sell you as a product, or push you into something you don't want to do.
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You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.
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I never would rule out a great character or a great story. I don't care what the forum is. If I get to tell a story that I'm excited about, I'm in.
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I take anything other than 'you big pig!' as a compliment.
