Marie Brennan Quotes
I chose my pen name when I was ten, because I knew even then that my legal name would be more trouble than it was worth.
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If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.
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It's one thing if you write a song and somebody else sings it because you give the OK. But if your voice is on something and you don't get the credit, it's kind of hard.
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
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I love the Coen brothers. They're so brilliant, and they always surprise you in one way or another. 'A Serious Man' was awesome. I like stuff like that, that kind of throws you for a loop. It takes you on a journey that is unexpected.
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Is letting our children watch TV a form of child abuse? If our children grow up knowing everything about Britney Spears and nothing about nature or faith, about anything, is that not a form of child abuse?
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It's always good to be around nice-looking people.
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I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.
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I support capital punishment. But let's be clear: It's a decision for each state to make.
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The real beauty of it - key to my life was playing key chords on a banjo. For somebody else it may be a golf club that mom and dad put in their hands or a baseball or ballet lessons. Real gift to give to me and put it in writing.
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I think the job of writing and literature is to encourage each one of us to believe that we're living in a story.
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What I don't understand is these people who go on the street wearing riding clothes, and they have never been on a horse. They ought to have their heads examined, really. It's a joke. But, let's face it, we live in a fantasy world.
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Ultimately, I want to be a good person and spread happiness through my acting. If I don't forget to be appreciative and thankful, then that would be the most important thing that I'll ever achieve.
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Now I have the voice of a 16-year-old. I'm looking for a doctor who could give me the body of a 16-year-old.
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I'm still learnin'. I pick up something from every performer I watch.
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
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One of the things that's making ArcGIS come alive is apps. Apps are opening up the ArcGIS platform, making it available to everybody in your organization as well as to the public.
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Nothing in our evolutionary history specifically prepared us to live in large societies. Almost everything about the way culture works does.
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Your education tends to develop the brain while it neglects the heart, so you have a longing for teachings that develop and strengthen the good heart.
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As a young girl, I'm always going to have to work a bit harder to prove myself; that's just reality. But having to work harder makes me feel like girls are stronger, too.
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You hear a lot of horror stories about proposing and things going horribly wrong - it went really, really well and I was really pleased when she said yes.
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Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy.
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I chose my pen name when I was ten, because I knew even then that my legal name would be more trouble than it was worth.
