Kingman Brewster, Jr. Quotes
There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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I get up, go and get a coffee, and go do the crossword - I'm loyal to one particular paper, the 'Guardian' - and that's my idea of a perfect morning.
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Religion provides us with a puritanical dream, which can never be realized because it goes against human nature.
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Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.
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I was so proud when I was commissioned into the Army.
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Good comedy is ageless.
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We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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It's an evolution. The same team doesn't always dominate, and it goes in cycles.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances in nanotechnology, we can more widely address the medical conditions that are prevalent and reduce the level of human suffering.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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When I got '227' and broke out from the rest of the cast, I became a workaholic, and I was very lonely.
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
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I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.
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When I lived in India, I'd speak like an Indian to get good prices while shopping. I'm good with accents.
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If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting.
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To be a writer you have to be out in the world, you have to risk yourself in the world, you have to be immersed in the world, you have to go out looking for it. This becomes harder as you get older because there's less energy, the days are shorter for older people and it's not so easy to go out and immerse oneself in the world outside.
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Most of the time when people say something sounds like Steely Dan, and I listen to it, it doesn't. And I'm not even sure what they're talking about.
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The expectation level is high at the University of Alabama and it should be. What's wrong with people expecting excellence?
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Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.
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You discover that the education the Negro gets is designed to keep him subservient. The poor black man is exploited by whites and by educated Negroes, too.
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There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.
