Craig Brown Quotes
Comedy is the slave of time. What seemed funny then is unlikely to seem funny now, just as what strikes us as funny now would not have seemed funny then.
Quotes to Explore
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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I get horrified when I have to do table reads with the whole cast, because there's a lot of stuttering coming from me, so I have to do a lot of prep.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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Being a role model is about being true to myself.
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I know career motivation and encouragement up the ladder of success have their place in the world. But I don't want them anywhere near my spirituality.
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Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
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I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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Honesty is something you can't wear out.
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I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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My daughter passed away in 2003.
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It's funny to think that when you get done with an acting job, you're considered unemployed. There are definitely times when those checks don't last forever. I went to college at a private school, and I racked up quite a bit of debt. I was very slow to pay them back.
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No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil.
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Just kidding, I've been very athletic all my life.
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My background in music is classical - I did graduate school in music. At that time, I was studying composition, but I was studying classical guitar very seriously.
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I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show.
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The best educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed.
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I was born too late to experience Apollo 11, though I do trek to Dad's house every time there's some space event. There's something awesome about crossing your fingers and watching a tense Mission Control room do their thing.
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Comedy is the slave of time. What seemed funny then is unlikely to seem funny now, just as what strikes us as funny now would not have seemed funny then.
