Andrew Brown Quotes
Just down the stretch, it's about making plays, making shots. Sometimes it just boils down to making shots.
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We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national consultation.
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I do believe anybody manufacturing products for healthcare cannot regard it truly as a 100 per cent business: it is business plus a humanitarian approach to society because you are saving lives. You are playing with people's lives.
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My involvement with Guantanamo began as vice chief of staff.
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I'm a driven person, but I'm also cautious, and I overthink things sometimes.
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Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story that's interesting then we'll want to do it.
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The hair department is always on my case about washing my hair. I am incredibly lazy, and a brat about washing my hair.
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History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.
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No moral system can rest solely on authority.
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We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make to our human community. The real work of your life is to figure out your function-your part in the whole-as soon as possible, and then get about the business of fulfilling it as only you can.
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As I was walking down the stairs, I kept thinking that the room felt like a movie theater with all your attention on this wall, so it seemed like a big challenge.
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When other people first became aware of the cow, they expressed concern and anxiety. They suggested strategies for getting the animal out of Molly's parlor: remedies and doctors and procedures, some mainstream and some New Age. They related anecdotes of friends who had removed their own cows in one way or another. But after a while they had exhausted their suggestions. Then they usually began to pretend that the cow wasn't there, and they preferred for Molly to go along with the pretense.
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Time is your most precious resource; make every minute count.
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I had all the confidence in Jay. I knew he was going to hit a big one for us.
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I think that ethical behaviour is another feature of the kind of inner discipline that leads to a happier existence.
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My plays have been translated into all of the official languages of South Africa except Afrikaans.
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In the midst of life we are in debt.
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When a mother, as fond mothers will; vows that she knows every thought in her daughter's heart, I think she pretends to know a great deal too much.
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Things like that become a blur - shot at some soundstage, somewhere - that's as much as I can remember.
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I'm not as optimistic as Gene Roddenberry was. I fall somewhere in the middle. But as a romantic, I like to think things are going to get bigger rather than worse.
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Few sons are like their fathers - many are worse, few better.
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Just down the stretch, it's about making plays, making shots. Sometimes it just boils down to making shots.
