Craig Brown Quotes
Children are perfectly happy to sit next to spiders; it is only grown-ups who are frightened away.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
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I have a great relationship with my parents. I have not been on lithium.
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The kids can see that there are more parts to me than just being their mom; I wear a couple of different hats and have other roles to play.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
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I believe in the old, because it shows us where we come from - where our souls have risen from. And I believe in the new, because it gives us the opportunity to create who we are becoming.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.
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Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.
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Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.
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I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.
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My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.
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My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
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The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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I love gross kissing. I think it's the most fun thing to do.
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We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.
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It's better to be skinny than to be fat.
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A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it.
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It's important for an actor to feel like they're really being watched and to receive feedback and encouragement about the aspects of what they're doing that feels truthful - and also to raise awareness when they might be resorting to habits and tricks, which every actor has.
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All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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I can't begin to tell you how fulfilling the perennial nature of 'Elf' on television has been for me. It's great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor.
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Children are perfectly happy to sit next to spiders; it is only grown-ups who are frightened away.
