Brian Setzer Quotes
I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten.
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In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.
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The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
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I studied neuroscience at the cellular level, so I was looking at learning and memory in the visual cortex of rats. Neuroscience mainly exposed me to a way of thinking - about experimentation, about what you believe to be true and how you could prove it - and how to approach things in a methodical manner.
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I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.
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I really like 'Roar' and 'Dark Horse.' 'Dark Horse' I really like, and I feel I would sing that in the bathroom; I would buy that album, and I think Katy Perry's amazing!
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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I was raised doing martial arts.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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I had a lot of fun in Cambodia, much more so in Cambodia than Vietnam.
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There are certain writers I can't read when I'm trying to write because their voices are so distinct. Cormac McCarthy, he's the most different writer from anything I've ever written, but there's something about those really spare sentences that is just tough - it would be too much of an influence. Grace Paley is my favorite writer. Her stuff is so voice-driven, when I read her a lot I want to make my writing more voice-y and dialogue-heavy. I love a lot of stuff in translation.
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The problem isn't a Congress that won't cut spending or a president who won't raise taxes. The problem is an American public with a bottomless sense of entitlement to federal money.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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I gravitate toward women.
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I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten.
