Craig Brown Quotes
More often than not, theatre critics bubble with enthusiasm about plays that are, when all is said and done, really pretty average.
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When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.
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For the first time I go to La Scala, for each thing, for each rehearsal, my knees were shaking. But the audience was very fine with me.
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I think the attraction to Israeli women stems from the fact that we're exotic and the fact that there are many talented and beautiful women in Israel. I think that there is also greater awareness of Israel than before in the movie industry.
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I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
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I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed.
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I take nothing away from my existence in the 'hood, because it sharpened my instincts. We had a different way of living that developed our survival instincts, and I use those to this day when I make films. You can't buy that.
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So being two different people in one day unnerved me to no end.
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This is something caregivers have to understand: You have to ask for help. You have to realize that you deserve to ask for help. Because you need to keep on working on your own life.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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After I'd hit a home run and took my position in the field, the fans in the bleachers began throwing packages of tobacco at me. I stuffed them in my pocket.
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Well, I'm an independent person.
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All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.
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I was young and felt like it was opportunity 'cause they were moving units back then on the underground scene.
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Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
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I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.
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There's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life.
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I want to see as many movies as I can and I covet a lot of weird influential movies.
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I believe in holiness and sacredness in other people. It doesn't mean that the clouds part and I see God. That's a juvenile way of thinking about it.
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What the president is doing is flooding the job market with illegal immigrants that he is giving temporary work permits to. Not fair.
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Of course, I was 19 years old, and I suddenly lost my legs. It was extremely traumatic at the time, but I'm so beyond that. I've done so much with my life.
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You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
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We need to examine hatred on a global perspective because hatred is everywhere, and it does not matter who you are: you can be a victim of it anywhere and anytime.
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When I started creating my work for publication, I just assumed that the focus would be on the work itself and that there wouldn't be a lot of interest in who was creating the work.
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More often than not, theatre critics bubble with enthusiasm about plays that are, when all is said and done, really pretty average.
