Brin-Jonathan Butler Quotes

At a certain point, Mike Tyson and I reacted to violence a little differently. I was afraid to leave my house for three years while he became the heavyweight champion of the world. The thing was, at first, we reacted to it the same way, and our cowardice and trauma defined us.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

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My goal is not to create a circumstance in which no one fails, but one in which many will succeed.

Jerry Moran

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In my view, a review should be like talking to a friend who's just asked you, 'What was it like?' You're giving a verdict on an experience, not trying for a definitive last judgment.

John Lanchester

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I think now I'm being taken a little more seriously. That's pure conjecture on my part.

Tom Wopat

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Now a 'funnyman' can get a laugh before opening his mouth - looking funny. Lou Costello was one of your great funnymen. Harry Langdon, Larry Semon; they were all funnymen - they looked funny. W.C. Fields was never a comedian. Slim Summerville was a comedian, yet looked funny. Now if you have both attributes, you are in good shape.

Milton Berle

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From the time I was very young, maybe five or six, I thought a lot about being an actress. I didn't tell my friends about my ambitions, though, especially when I got older, because I thought they would not receive them well. I never talked about what I wanted to do.

Louise Fletcher

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I think probably like seeing women fight because we're generally not thought to be strong, especially in the case of this movie.

Chiaki Kuriyama

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There are going to be good times and bad times, but lighten up.

Chris Pine

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I don't think I've found the perfect job for me, but I know what I like, so that's halfway there, right?

Colleen Haskell

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My high school, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, showed me that anything is possible and that you're never too young to think big. At 15, I worked as a computer programmer at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or Fermilab. After graduating, I attended Stanford for a degree in economics and computer science.

Clara Shih

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Sean Penn, for his acting as well as his writing and directing. There are so many actors I respect, but his reach is so wide.

Boyd Holbrook

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Part of the frustration of being bipolar is people don't understand what it feels like.

Alice Ripley

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Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest.

William J. Brennan, Jr.

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