Arthur C. Brooks Quotes
The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.Arthur C. Brooks
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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.
B. F. Skinner -
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
Baruch Spinoza -
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.
Fat Joe -
Sometimes I think people get into trouble because they can't say what they want to.
Quentin Blake -
I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
Gavin Rossdale Bush -
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.
Madchen Amick
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
Lamar Alexander -
'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
Ugo Betti -
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.
Madeleine L'Engle -
I like not to feel that all my eggs are in one basket, or I get nervous.
Paloma Faith -
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.
Halima Aden -
Garbage is the part of your history you don't want your family to know about.
Vik Muniz
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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.
Eddie Campbell -
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
Saint Augustine -
You can crush any woman by suggesting that she's fat, not even saying the word 'fat' but just suggesting she's fat.
Caitlin Moran -
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.
Naomi Wolf -
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.
Kamla Persad-Bissessar -
Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.
Ted Allen
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I'd met some awfully tough gals in my life, and I find them compelling, if I don't have to socialize with them too much.
Daniel Woodrell -
I paint a slice of life, whatever it is that day.
Geoffrey Holder -
You know, the period of World War I and the Roaring Twenties were really just about the same as today. You worked, and you made a living if you could, and you tired to make the best of things. For an actor or a dancer, it was no different then than today. It was a struggle.
James Cagney -
I don't disrespect the audience. I only sing very well-written, intelligent songs.
Tony Bennett -
Whatever happens in Washington, Wall Street, Hollywood or Silicon Vally in the next ten years, it will be irrelevant if our families don't come together at a much higher level. Without a renaissance of family, no new candidate can rise to save us. No new legislation, policy or program will heal our land.
Oliver DeMille -
The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.
Arthur C. Brooks