Arthur C. Brooks Quotes
The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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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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Sometimes I think people get into trouble because they can't say what they want to.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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I like not to feel that all my eggs are in one basket, or I get nervous.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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Garbage is the part of your history you don't want your family to know about.
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I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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You can crush any woman by suggesting that she's fat, not even saying the word 'fat' but just suggesting she's fat.
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The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
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We need to rekindle those values, those strengths as a nation and as a people... And we must do so as one people with one goal.
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Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.
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One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
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I love Marilyn Monroe, Jimi Hendrix, and Kurt Cobain. I really do. It doesn't matter what style they had - whether it was pin-up or whatever - it just worked for them, and it looked effortless even though it was fabulous. I like anything that just looks effortless.
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I had some problems with fidelity in my life but pretty much got along with everybody.
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It was so interesting to discover Nixon was a Californian. I always think Nixon should come from a cold place.
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Movie actors are just ordinary mixed-up people—with agents.
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The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.
