Les Brown Quotes
I think of myself as a catalyst of action and a messenger of hope, turning people onto themselves and turning people onto their dreams.
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I was born and brought up in Chennai, as the entire Telugu film industry was based there.
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J. J. Abrams is a director that I've admired for a long time, from the very first scripts he wrote - including 'Regarding Henry,' which I was in.
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Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
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I have programmed myself to be at least 105 years old.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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I have had wrinkles on my forehead and my smile line since I was a kid. I see them in my own kids. I know what they're going to look like. So it's kind of like that's my personality. I feel the older you get, too, the more confident you become just in your own skin.
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You get steely nerves playing poker.
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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New Hampshire is moving in the right direction because we have shown time and time again that we can work across the aisle to solve problems.
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Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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The Soviet Union has indeed been our greatest menace, not so much because of what it has done, but because of the excuses it has provided us for our failures.
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Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
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I don't put people down. I build people up. That's how I always wanna be looked at.
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Being in all of my relationships, I'm even more confused than I've ever been, I don't know if you ever really understand relationships.
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I wanted to make an Indian character who wasn't either a) the savage that must be eliminated, the force of nature that's blocking the way for industrial progress, or b) the noble innocent that knows all and is another cliche. I wanted him to be a complicated human being.
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I think I missed my calling. I should have been an interior decorator.
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I think of myself as a catalyst of action and a messenger of hope, turning people onto themselves and turning people onto their dreams.
