Brenda Laurel Quotes

I don't understand computers. I've been unable to construct a working mental model of how they do what they do. I can break software by looking at it. I can blow anything up. Without trying. It's sort of like being a dowser. And this extreme elaborate clumsiness on my part is actually something people will pay me for. It's quite wonderful.

Brenda Laurel

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PeopleMeLookingComputersTrying

I do see myself as someone who has a lot of story ideas.

Jill Abramson

MyselfIdeasStorySomeoneSeeWho

I have always tried with my shows - win, lose, or draw - to take the boundaries of music as far as I can.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

MusicWinLoseI CanBoundariesFar

I can imagine an utter hatred for the jazz avant-garde.

Matthew Shipp

I CanJazzHatredImagineUtter

Prolonged endurance tames the bold.

Lord Byron

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I love my stuff - you're not supposed to say that. But because I'm performer as well as a writer, I'm constantly interacting with my own work. I always get to find these little secrets that I left for myself, little notes - I find them all over the scores.

Jason Robert Brown

WorkLoveMyselfYouFindSecrets

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

Josh Billings

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Icon. What is an icon? When someone is iconic it means they have established a certain kind of legacy possibly, and I think it does come with time. It's something in the arts, I feel. Maybe not, maybe it doesn't have to be in the arts exactly. I'm not really sure. But I don't think you are born an icon.

Diana Ross

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Any increase in surveillance of marginalized communities for the sake of security theater have expanded the cycle of criminalization that queer people - especially queer people of color - are forced to navigate.

Chelsea Manning

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America stands as a beacon of hope and the possibility of a better life - but it is also a nation where nearly 1 in 4 children live in poverty.

Chris Van Hollen

LifeLiveHopeChildrenBetter

For me, the family is more important, of course! I don't want to change my family, or situation, for work. But I think it is possible for these things not to fight each other.

Paz Vega

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I was in a competing company and have been dancing since I was four - ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop - so it's a huge part of my life and my music.

Tinashe

LifeMusicMy LifeJazzDancing

That's what PGA Tour golf is all about. It's a partnership with the community to help people to raise money for charity and to do it using golf as a platform.

Tim Finchem

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