Edward Brooke Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I still drink vodka; I'm not an advocate of drinking, but I'm no angel. I don't like grass, because it just makes me hungry.
-
It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.
-
Clinton saw himself much more as the steward of alliances and of consensus that moved in the right direction. He didn't see himself as someone who could change the overall thrust, I think, of global policy.
-
The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
-
Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.
-
I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.
-
In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost them.
-
To me, my business is my life.
-
I was born with an evil face.
-
Yes, but if you take that crap and put a star in it, then you've got something.
-
A lot of girls think they have to choose between being the smart geeky type or the beautiful bimbo.
-
I'm just focused on exploring new opportunities.
-
I'm not a workaholic, but I was a bit manic, I have to confess.
-
We don't want to give a business that is not going to come through the troubled waters a loan that they can't pay back.
-
My father was a painter and he taught art. He once said to me, 'I never knew an Indian child who could not draw.'
-
I put castor oil in my eyebrows. And I also tint my eyebrows when I get them cleaned up. That way, I don't have to be constantly filling them in, because I'm lazy.
-
I don't chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody.
-
The idea of fighting your new girlfriend's ex-lovers, 'Street Fighter' style, is the ultimate geek wish-fulfilment.
-
For me he's just a hoax. It's empty. It's not interesting. It's dead. Citizen Kane, which I have a copy of - is all the critics' darling, always at the top of every poll taken, but I think it's a total bore. Above all, the performances are worthless. The amount of respect that movie's got is absolutely unbelievable.
-
I've always been in a rebel.
-
We've got rings, glasses, we wear things for armor, for protection from the elements, to signal our status to other people. And we're going to co-opt a lot of those things, where wearables are going to end up being the interface between us in the world.
-
Being nominated is such a tremendous honor. An Oscar win for me and for the 'Strong Island' team would be the cap to an incredible journey. But it would also mean that my brother will not disappear from history.
-
When I was eight years old, I got a dummy for Christmas and started teaching myself. I got books and records and sat in front of the bathroom mirror, practising. I did my first show in the third grade and just kept going; there was no reason to quit.
-
I am not a civil rights leader, and I don't profess to be one.
