Brian McKnight Quotes

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve; I write about them.

Brian McKnight

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EmotionsWriteWearSleeveAbout

But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they exist only so far as he chooses to make them his own by accepting them.

John Buchanan Robinson

MoreIndividualOwnAboveExistFar

My privileged upbringing and education and linguistic fluency gave me such proximity to whiteness that it stung all the more to still find myself outside of it. My mother, on the other hand, not only accepted that she would always be an outsider in this country but also believed it to be a finer fate and home than any other she could have had.

Jenny Zhang

EducationMotherHomeMyselfMeShe

You can sort of start to write around 10. You also become a good reader around that time, and you want to imitate the thing that you love. I got praise for it, and then I found that it was a great way of translating my life, so I would write little stories and plays and things. At that point, it was kids' books that I was reading.

Andrew Sean Greer

LifeLoveGoodGreatTimeStart

My life, I swear, is, like, 75% public. I have a very small percentage of my life that is private. But I do keep that private life private.

Steve Aoki

LifeSmallMy LifePrivate LifeKeep

You can only see 'Star Wars' for the first time once, and people are watching it again and again and again, and it's a testament to the strength beyond the plot twists that it has. The narrative strength that it has is that it can be enjoyed even though you know the biggest plot elements in it.

Travis Beacham

StrengthTimePeopleYouKnowSee

Crimes are more often committed out of fear than wickedness. People live frightened, desperate lives.

Ruth Rendell

FearLivePeopleMoreOutCommitted

I'm not a big fan of people telling each other what to do, I'll say that.

Rupert Friend

PeopleSayBigBig FanFanTelling

I think maybe ten years from now, I'm hopefully going to be, in like, Tahiti or something. Kicking back like in my huge mansion, if everything goes right, it's all up to me.

Corey Haim

MeThinkBackNowRightEverything

I'd say many features of string theory don't mesh with what we observe in everyday life.

Brian Greene

LifeSayEverydayEveryday LifeMany

I think ultimately if you have a very high expectation of your audience and you know exactly what it is you're trying to express through the medium of film, there will always be an audience for you.

Atom Egoyan

ThinkTryingYouKnowWillHigh

Banjos are used in Celtic, English folk music and obviously American music. But not that much in pop music. But it's more versatile than people realise it to be. It's a beautiful instrument, very rhythmic and melodic. You can do anything with it.

Winston Marshall

MusicBeautifulPeopleAmericanYou

I never, ever, restrict food, and I will never go on a diet ever again.

Portia de Rossi

FoodDietGoWillNeverAgain

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