Les Brown Quotes
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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I'm an artist; I'm not going to use trigonometry.
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But I did an awful lot of work in Hollywood, and in New York for that matter.
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Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will.
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People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.
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Beauty products always cheer me up and give me hope. If it makes you feel pretty, why not?
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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I'm not desperately looking for a man, but I'm sure one of these days, I'll find my Mr. Right.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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Being a twin, and being my sister's twin, is such a defining part of my life that I wouldn't know how to be who I am, including a writer, without that being somehow at the centre.
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My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids won't grow up to be connected to him.
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EmTech Asia brings together some of the brightest minds in technology and computer security.
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I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
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Dance is something which I like to do, but acting is my passion. I would like to do good and meaty roles.
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When I started you were more in touch with the people you were playing to. There wasn't the distance or the separation that there is now.
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I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds of films. It is not that one should make only one kind of film. I love to see romantic films; I loved watching 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,' 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' If I make such films, I will make it with my yardstick, according to my parameters.
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There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.
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I don't like being stagnant. I want to continue to grow and just be better at what I do, and the only way to do that is to keep stepping outside of your comfort zone.
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I will never stop writing. People often ask when I will retire, but I say it's none of their business. Writing defines who I am. I love the feeling of holding a finished book in my hands, and then I can't wait to start the great adventure of writing the next one.
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My mom was a history teacher, so I couldn't really avoid history when I was growing up. But we're very light on American history. We don't really have great opportunities to study both the Civil War and the Revolution.
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Strange, is it not, my brothers, how often in America those great watchwords of human energy - 'Be strong!' 'Know thyself!' 'Hitch your wagon to a star!' - how often these die away into dim whispers when we face these seething millions of black men? And yet do they not belong to them? Are they not their heritage as well as yours?
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I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.
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If you fall, fall on your back. If you can look up, you can get up.
