Aja Brown Quotes
I didn't have a traditional college experience. I didn't have a social aspect to it. I was always involved in working and going to school.
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I think if you give in and accept society's stereotypes, then you start thinking, 'I cannot dance till late at night because I'm 70.'
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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I think punditry serves no purpose.
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I often felt that I didn't train and race enough team sprint to get it right. You need to know that you've got a place to have that continuity of results. Am I in? Am I out of this one? That's tough.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.
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Our best thoughts come from others.
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I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.
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I had this little Bon Iver phase a few years back; 'Flume' was one of my favourite songs.
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Jesus Christ was a patriot! His country was the world. His laws were the eternal principles of liberty, and his followers, in every age, have been the chosen champions of freedom!
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The way that people have gotten on board with me is the most encouraging thing in the world, but it's all very connected to the 14 years I've been on tour with Steel Train, even my band before that, Outline, and then fun. and now Bleachers.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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Honestly, you have to take care of yourself. That's probably something I have learned on the road.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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I don't know, I like to go on really different types of dates. Going someplace new or some new part of the city, something that's not your average thing. Something where you just go have an adventure together.
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I used to be able to think. My brain's circuits were all connected, and I had spark, a quickness of mind that let me function well in the world.
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Big defeats make us learn.
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Relief organizations both large and small are coordinating deliveries of food, clothing, water, and other basic necessities to those impacted by Katrina.
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I feel that being an actor is a front-row seat into seeing how everybody else makes their movies. Basically, being in the trenches for ten years is like a college-level course in filmmaking if not more. It feels like every director I work with and every set that I visit as an actor, I see someone else's definition of filmmaking.
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One of the falsest of proverbs is that you must lie on the bed that you have made. The experience of life shows that people are constantly doing things which must lead to disaster, and yet by some chance manage to evade the result of their folly.
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I didn't have a traditional college experience. I didn't have a social aspect to it. I was always involved in working and going to school.
