W. Earl Brown Quotes

I was a bouncer when I was in DePaul in Chicago at the theater school. I threw drunks out of bars - unless I had a play running that weekend. But I only had two actual fights. Some were like out of old Westerns.

W. Earl Brown

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 7, 1963

Topics

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You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course.

Jello Biafra

MoneyFootballPeopleHomelessGolf

The book that is the closest genetically to 'Goon Squad' is 'Look at Me.' It has the futuristic element - although, freakishly, almost every aspect I invented has come to pass in some way, including the terrorist who fantasies about blowing up the World Trade Centre. That was extremely uncomfortable. The book came out on the week of 9/11.

Jennifer Egan

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If I know that I shall be as an angel, and more; if I shall behold all God has made; if he shall own me for his son and exalt me to honor in his presence, I shall not fear to die, nor shall I dread the grave where Christ once lay.

Matthew Simpson

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However, when my parents married in 1945, China was in turmoil and the possibility of returning grew increasingly remote, and they decided to begin their family in the United States.

Steven Chu

FamilyParentsReturningBeginChina

With the rise of social media, it has given me an opportunity and a platform to have a voice as a blogger and as an activist, but it has also made me nervous that I might become a meme or a viral sensation, all without my consent.

Sinead Burke

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I can't record in the morning because I sound like Barry White.

Toni Braxton

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When you are what we call a 'minority writer,' a writer of color, a writer of any kind of difference, there is some kind of presumption of autobiography in everything you produce. And I find that really maddening, and I resist that.

Rumaan Alam

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In my case, having knocked around at different jobs helped me get a sense of what the world is actually like and also helped me get out of a cocoon.

Mitch Kapor

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The Foxhall jaw has now been missing for many years.

Louis Leakey

NowYearsMissingBeenManyJaw

On the professional side, I derive great happiness and energy by solving tough business and organisational problems - even taking on tough meetings with customers.

Dinesh Paliwal

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I've been in jail a couple times. I've been caught shoplifting.

Diplo

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In tough times, we all hope for knights in shining armor, or the cavalry, to show up and effect change.

Dean Devlin

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