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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Frequently you have a clash between the more sterile letter of the law and the justice that underlies it, and I think one of the things I've been trying more or less, where it was possible, is to go with the justice rather than the letter of the law.
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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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Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.
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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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I'm going to take over on the Techno Comics so I'm going to be dealing in the children's merchandising type department. But that's just setting it up and having somebody run it.
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I've been a Republican since age 13, when we got our first television set, and I saw the Republican National Convention on television. And President Eisenhower was talking about personal responsibility, about opening the door for opportunity and that people could really take care of themselves without a lot of government intrusions.
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You can't be in a situation where you are not happy. It's as simple as that.
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America's health care system is second only to Japan... Canada, Sweden, Great Britain, ... well all of Europe. But you can thank your lucky stars we don't live in Paraguay!
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Poets, for example, are generally considered starry-eyed and sensitive, but only by those who have never encountered one.
