Avery Brooks Quotes

One of the reasons that I accepted, once asked to do Star Trek, was to give a single child a chance to see the long thought, to see themselves some 400 years hence. It occurred to me that we must ensure that we keep in front of children the ever-changing horizon.

Avery Brooks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 2, 1948

Topics

ChildrenChildMeChanceThought

I loved 'Top Gun.' I watched it all growing up.

Jimmy Graham

Growing UpGunLovedGrowingTopUp

I try to be measured and thoughtful about what I put out there because I know a lot of young people follow me on Twitter, and I take that seriously - which is why I don't exclusively tweet about cookies and 'Game of Thrones' and YA.

Jenny Han

PeopleMeGameThoughtfulCookies

'Star Trek' seems to be an appeal to our better nature, the side of ourselves that works toward peace and cooperation and understanding and knowledge and yearns to seek out knowledge rather than the side that wants to divide and control one another.

John Cho

NatureKnowledgePeaceControlOut

I want to learn how to play an instrument. I want to break a world record. I'm just a very determined, motivated type of person.

Alyson Stoner

WorldLearnPersonPlayWantBreak

Thanks in part to the Patriot Act, the federal government has been able to demand some details of your online activities from service providers - and not to tell you about it.

Jonathan Zittrain

ServiceGovernmentDetailsYouTell

I have lived in Chile since 1996 and reported from Chile since 1989, so I know the nation better than my native Massachusetts.

Jonathan Franklin

BetterKnowNationLivedThanChile

I have a reputation for writing all kinds of hard-core, violent things.

Brian Azzarello

WritingReputationThingsKinds

I used to think that if I didn't have time to do an hour long workout class, there wasn't any point in exercising. But now, I make sure to do a little something every day: a brisk walk for 10 minutes, climbing stairs instead of taking the elevator. Then a few times a week, I do a longer workout.

Bobbi Brown

TimeWalkDayThinkWeekStairs

Some guys lock up when they hear the crowd. I feel the energy and take it with me into the fight. I've been in front of huge crowds and know to use that energy.

Bobby Lashley

FightMeEnergyFeelKnowUp

We're into Nicole Kidmans, rather than the young girl who just got married in a tracksuit.

Bruce Oldfield

GirlYoungGotJustYoung GirlWho

Love means to commit yourself without guarantee.

Anne Campbell

LoveYourselfWithoutCommitMeans

The Emmys is great, but the Golden Globes, you have the stars of television and the stars of movies in one place.

Allison Williams

StarsGreatYouTelevisionPlace

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