Kim Brooks Quotes

I attended a middling high school in central Virginia in the mid-'90s, so there were no lofty electives to stoke my artistic sensibility - no A.P. art history or African-American studies or language courses in Mandarin or Portuguese. I lived for English, for reading.

Kim Brooks

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There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen.

Jim Lovell

SuccessPeopleYouWonderPerson

I see a bright, bright future for the Republican Party and conservatism in general.

John Fleming

FuturePartyBrightBright Future

My favourite piece of music is actually 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' as a whole. For me, it's the most perfect and brilliant example of rock song writing.

John Gourley

MusicMeMoonWritingSongPerfect

I had been raised on country and western in Missouri. But gospel was great.

Steve Cropper

GreatCountryMissouriBeenGospel

I was pretty much tap dancing for attention from a very early age.

Sia

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I've always taken a lot of exercise - I get a bit depressed if I don't. In terms of food, I'm a bit of a grazer.

Rupert Penry-Jones

FoodExerciseAlwaysGetTakenLot

When you're 17 in the suburbs and know only three gay people, holding hands with your girlfriend is a proclamation.

Mary Lambert

PeopleHandsYouGayKnowThree

Many years ago, I used to say, 'I haven't lived long enough to be great.' Now I don't say that.

Diane Ladd

GreatEnoughLongNowSayLived

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother.

Claudette Colbert

MotherMomGrandchildrenWhyWell

The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole.

Arthur Capper

GoodPeoplePressureFriendsSpecial

I was Al Gore's campaign chairman in 2000, when he won a half-million more votes than George W. Bush but lost the presidency.

William M. Daley

LostMorePresidencyThanHeVotes

Securities fraud generally and insider trading in particular should be eminently deterrable crimes.

Preet Bharara

FraudShouldInsiderTradingCrimes

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