Craig Brown Quotes
Poets, for example, are generally considered starry-eyed and sensitive, but only by those who have never encountered one.
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The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.
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I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know?
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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I am not maternal at all. I don't have any kids.
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I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
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I feel like, when I'm 100% healthy, I can do anything.
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The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.
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I'm understated in my approach.
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I think I'm better than Mamet, I would say.
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If your child is born with a port-wine stain, they should be seen immediately by a pediatric dermatologist. Your pediatrician does not understand these birthmarks as well as a specialist.
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Beyonce is cool, and she can really sing.
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To learn something new every day is still exciting!
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I'm no different than any other human being. I play music for a living, and we're very blessed.
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My story is so boring: Long Island Jewish parents take their daughters to Broadway.
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I'm not successful in Hollywood, and I probably would never be. I think Hollywood has such an interesting model for success, and it creates those successful people. I'm not in that chosen category, but what is successful for me is that, in spite of that, I've been able to work and do the things that I wrote down that I wanted to do and be.
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Within the U.N. itself, I have appointed a record number of women to high-level positions. I did not fill jobs with women just for the sake of it - I looked for the best possible candidate, and I found that if you strip away discrimination, the best possible candidate is often a woman.
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You don't even need the director's judgement. It's too much.
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Make that money run like honey on your tongue.
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If you go into a bar in most places in America and even say the word poetry, you'll probably get beaten up. But poetry is a really strong, beautiful form to me, and a lot of innovation in language comes from poetry.
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Poets, for example, are generally considered starry-eyed and sensitive, but only by those who have never encountered one.
