Les Brown Quotes
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When you first hear Mozart's music, your first impression is that it's very alive, but if you peel away the layers, you can hear sorrow and sadness behind it, and that's what I try to be: multi-layered.
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I've always loved massive worlds, whether in fantasy or science fiction. I like the idea of making my own rules as well as utilizing everything that I love or inspires me. It's very freeing to know you can write a story that can be as big as your own imagination.
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The growth in emissions is coming from the developing world. So if we are going to get out of this, it's going to come out of a process of cooperation and collaboration. That's why it really requires a paradigm shift.
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The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore.
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When I was little, my grandmother would take me to church with her, and she would introduce me to people.
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The right to marry is vital in society. It's a right that's older than the Bill of Rights because it goes back to the common law.
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I think my roles have been wonderfully varied. Not one has been racially stereotypical, and I have purposely chosen them like that.
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You don't know what the country is ready for unless you're pushing that envelope, and I was told that I couldn't develop 'Will and Grace'.
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If history judges society for how it treats those in need, so markets judge economies by the incentives they provide for private investment, the infrastructure that supports growth, and the burdens placed on job creation.
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It's really important to me to keep growing as a writer, to look for new challenges and be harshly critical of my own work in order to learn and tell better stories.
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Material interests are not the only guiding light.
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Some shows, like PPG, tape in a group session, which is always more fun because you can play off each other.
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As a child, one of my defense mechanisms was to try to be funny. My mom tried to nurture that by putting me in acting class. But I got bored when we stopped pretending to be trees and actually had to work.
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If God hadn't rested on Sunday, He would have had time to finish the world.
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As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it.
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I think we should look forward to death more than we do. Of course everybody hates to go to bed or miss anything, but dying is really the only chance we'll get to rest.
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While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.
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I don't care what color the parents are. I don't care if it's a giraffe and a fish living together. If they're raising children who believe they're honored and loved, that's all that's important.
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I insist that the object of all true education is not to make men carpenters, it is to make carpenters men.
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I've always got on with lads, more than I have with girls.
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The experience of seeing your entire team made redundant is eye-opening.
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Russians are not a very friendly people. It's hard to get them to speak nicely to the customers. It's just not in their culture.
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I don't know if I believe in marriage - I believe in love.
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The best gifts are those we not only cherish but put to use.
