Kim Brooks Quotes

When I first learned I was pregnant with my son, I had only two firm convictions about parenting: I knew it was important, and I knew that I wanted to get it right. I was 29 at the time.

Kim Brooks

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Claire Danes in 'Homeland' just blew me away. She is so intuitive, and her choices are so unique. When you see somebody like that work, you just have to stop in your tracks. It is a lesson in what good acting really is, and it is so inspiring to be around.

Jeremy Podeswa

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Why should man's first flight to the moon be a matter of national competition? Why should the United States and the Soviet Union, in preparing for such expeditions, become involved in immense duplications of research, construction and expenditure?

John F. Kennedy

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Every set is a different experience, so it's hard to say which one's my favorite.

Maxim Knight

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Late-night shows are 'Chopped.' Who are your guests tonight? Your guests tonight are veal tongue, coffee grounds and gummy bears. There, make a show ... Make an appetizer that appeals to millions of people. That's what I like. How could you possibly do it? Oh, you bring in your own flavors. Your own house band is another flavor.

Stephen Colbert

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I'm a Democrat, and I think people who meet me will realize I'm a Democrat. I have progressive Democratic values.

Stephen Pagliuca

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There are times when a sports figure doesn't deserve sympathy.

Stephen Rodrick

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I've always been very thematic with my work, very conceptual.

Steven Van Zandt

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Reggae goes in and out. It sounds so good, it feels so good and feels so tropical, but the problem is not everybody is Caribbean. Not everyone is going to sound authentic doing it, and sometimes it comes off cheesy when other people do it.

Tory Lanez

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Only in Chicago do they care more about who the mayor is than who's president.

Mike Quigley

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I wanted to write a very simple story about a boy, a wolf, a girl, a bear and a forest, so I thought I might set it in the past. I didn't realise that it went back to when I was 10: I used to love the Stone Age when I was a kid and wanted to live in it, and I got rid of my bed and slept on the floor, but I didn't remember it.

Michelle Paver

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If you're really good at doing what you do, good things will come.

Dean Ambrose

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'The Machinist' changed me. I learned that I really enjoy, literally, not saying a damned word for days at a time, except for what was in the scene. Whole days of... nothing. Just... standing still. I know a lot of people found it bizarre, because they'd be standing right next to me thinking, 'Why aren't we talking? What's going on?'

Christian Bale

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