Craig Brown Quotes
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We'll always be fascinated by people who live above the law.
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I never said most of the things I said.
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Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
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Religions work for their own aggrandizement - strengthen the church and so on - and they use reinforcers of one kind or another to get obedience and so on from their communicants.
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My parents are not theatrical people, but my dad took me to the theater.
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Custody and guardianship by the parent of his child does not arise under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States and is not dependent on them.
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At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
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All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
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I come from a background where money has never been an issue.
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Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you.
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Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
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One billion grains of sand come into existence in the world each second. That's a cyclical process. As rocks and mountains die, grains of sand are born. Some of those grains may then cement naturally into sandstone. And as the sandstone weathers, new grains break free. Some of those grains may then accumulate on a massive scale, into a sand dune.
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If people are able to run the affairs of a village well, eventually they'll be able to run a township, and a county.
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I am a very shy person who is just close to himself. So I would refrain from talking about my personal life.
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What's David's role? David looks good, that's what David does. David looks good, and I'm the funny one, that's what I hear constantly. But I keep telling him that looks fade.
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My soldier weapon is the weapon of truth.
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My mum has always been quite free-spirited, and she has taught me a lot. I think that is probably why I have the sort of mind that I do.
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I think that teaching coaches are the norm now.
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You don't want to really pick on someone that you genuinely like. In terms of 'Billy on the Street,' there are certain actors - I don't care if they find out because I do feel that way. Though it's almost never about appearance or something out of their control. I pick on choices they've made or roles they've taken.
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Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
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Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically sort of straight news.
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And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City.
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By and large, the artistic establishment disapproved of Margaret Thatcher.
