Brother Quotes - Page 35

• The time has come to listen to the frightened moans of our fellow brothers and sisters and indeed the earth itself is in pain.

  Marlo Morgan

  Pain, Earth, Frightened

  Marlo Morgan (1991). “Mutant message down under”, Bookpeople

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• Afghans excel at fighting Afghans. This is what Afghans do, even when they are not being invaded by foreign powers. They fight each other, tribe against tribe, brother against brother, half-brother against half-brother, cousin against cousin, uncle against nephew, father against son.

  Phyllis Chesler

  Cousin, Uncles, Father

  Phyllis Chesler (2013). “An American Bride in Kabul: A Memoir”, p.115, St. Martin's Press

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• The critic is beneath the maker, but is his needed friend. The critic is not a base caviler, but the younger brother of genius. Next to invention is the power of interpreting invention; next to beauty the power of appreciating beauty. And of making others appreciate it.

  Margaret Fuller

  Appreciate, Genius, Next

  Margaret Fuller (1973). “The Writings of Margaret Fuller”, Augustus m Kelley Pubs

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• When I was eight years old, I played a story game with my younger brother and sister to help them fall asleep. The 'word-story game' was where they would choose a word and I would create a story. Acting and directing are similar to this game, where I am given the words then I fill in the life of the characters.

  Carson Grant

  Fall, Character, Eight

  "Carson Grant directs Romeo and Juliet" by Denise Kaminsky, Associated Content, September 2007.

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• Regardless of nationality, all men are brothers. God is "our Father who art in heaven." The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" is unconditional and inexorable. ... The lowly Nazarene taught us the doctrine of non-resistance, and so convinced was he of the soundness of that doctrine that he sealed his belief with death on the cross. ... When human law conflicts with Divine law, my duty is clear. Conscience, my infallible guide, impels me to tell you that prison, death, or both, are infinitely preferable to joining any branch of the Army.

  Ben Salmon

  Art, Father, Army

  "Letter To President Wilson" by Ben Salmon, June 5, 1917.

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• My dear brother, never allow a woman to hold all of the cards.

  Karen Hawkins

  Cards, Dear, Dear Brother

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• I'm a hybrid-genre person, which a lot of people find confusing. I grew up listening to American country music and rock n' roll made between 1955 and 1959. The Everly Brothers and Chuck Berry were my first musical loves and are still what I am most moved by. Roy Orbison came a little bit later.

  Teddy Thompson

  Country, Rocks, People

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• Debt is the secret foe of thrift, as vice and idleness are its open foes. The debt habit is the twin brother of poverty.

  Theodore T. Munger

  Secret, Vices, Debt

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• My mother wanted me to learn how to read music. She'd given fiddles to my two older brothers, but they'd rebelled. I came along and my father said, "Oh, let Peter enjoy himself." What she did was leave musical instruments all around the house. Whistles, marimbas, squeeze boxes, a piano and organ. By age six or seven, I could bang out a simple tune on almost anything. I developed a good ear, so I didn't learn to read music until I taught myself at age eighteen, 'cause I was hearing so many good songs I couldn't possibly remember them all.

  Pete Seeger

  Mother, Song, Father

  Source: www.wholeearth.com

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• CNN? Oh, that's that network with Larry King, who, like the Son of Sam, is a native of Brooklyn. Used to be owned by Ted Turner, who, like the Cincinnati Strangler, is a native of Cincinnati. Now part of Time Warner, founded by the Warner Brothers, the oldest of whom, Harry Warner, like many Auschwitz guards, was a native of Poland.

  Mark Steyn

  Kings, Son, Cnn

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• What's bad about my biography? My father was a worker, my brothers, too, and I have always honestly served my country.

  Ivan Bagramyan

  Country, Father, Biographies

  "The 900 Days: The Siege Of Leningrad". Book by by Harrison E. Salisbury, p.112, 2003.

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• My brother is not a girl, he is a
  gentleman.

  Melanie Marquez

  Girl, Gentleman, My Brother

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• My brother asked me once, 'Are you a misanthrope?' And I said, 'No, I just find people irritating.'

  Craig Kilborn

  People, Misanthrope, Said

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• My sister is an ER doctor and my brother is a teacher.

  Rami Malek

  Teacher, Doctors, My Sister

  "Q&A with Breaking Dawn Part 2 stars Andrea Gabriel and Rami Malek". Interview with Tim Hall, blog.seattlepi.com. March 3, 2013.

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• The impulse to confession almost always requires the presence of a fresh ear and a fresh heart; and in our moments of spiritual need, the man to whom we have no tie but our common nature, seems nearer to us than mother, brother, or friend. Our daily familiar life is but a hiding of ourselves from each other behind a screen of trivial words and deeds, and those who sit with us at the same hearth, are often the farthest off from the deep human soul within us, full of unspoken evil and unacted good.

  George Eliot

  Spiritual, Mother, Heart

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.3786, Delphi Classics

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• Brothers are so unpleasant.

  George Eliot

  George Eliot (1873). “Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life. By George Eliot ....”, p.108

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• I come from a pretty scientific family. My sister is a neurologist and my brother is an engineer.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  My Sister, Neurologists, Engineers

  "Mary Elizabeth Winstead On Set Interview THE THING". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 4, 2010.

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• I can play a bunch of instruments but drums? My brothers a drummer and Ive always been jealous that hes such a good drummer. I always try to play but its always kinda just bashing. I can keep time but no one really wants to hear me play drums.

  Nat Wolff

  Jealous, Play, Trying

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• The other night I went out to have dinner in a London pub and the barmaid had this whole conversation saying, 'You look just like that guy from Twilight'. Every time she came up, she said something like, 'You literally could be his brother'. But she never put two and two together.

  Robert Pattinson

  Twilight, Night, Two

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• I don't believe in categorising a gender, as it makes for discord. People always say, 'That's what men are like' or, 'That's what women do'; I don't really feel that at all. I think that's because I have two fathers, three brothers, a husband and two sons. I'm surrounded by maleness, and I couldn't possibly summarise them into a type.

  Natascha McElhone

  Husband, Father, Believe

  "What I know about men". Interview with Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2008.

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• I like to do stuff for my brothers and sisters to appreciate because they look up to me, and for other kids around the world who want to get into acting or who just want to have somebody to look up to.

  Kyla Pratt

  Kids, Appreciate, Acting

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• After 'Big Brother,' people came up to me in the street shouting, 'You woz robbed!'

  Vinnie Jones

  People, Bigs, Shouting

  "Vinnie Jones: 'It doesn't matter who you are, we all like to be loved'". Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. March 21, 2010.

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• My childhood, I wouldn't say it was bad. It helped me grow up. I stayed out of trouble. My parents taught me what's wrong and right, and knowing that I had a little brother following me, I had to make sure I was doing the right thing so he knows what's right, too. I was in the house nine days out of 10. There wasn't nothing good outside for me.

  Russell Westbrook

  Growing Up, Knowing, House

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• I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.

  Imogen Poots

  My Birthday, Papa, Teens

  "Imogen Poots Talks Jeff Buckley Biopic & What She’s Got Coming To A Theater Near You". Interview with Jeff Otto, www.indiewire.com. August 8, 2011.

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• My little brother and I took piano lessons at a young age and played music together later on in life just to play around at home until we decided to make a record. Eventually we started having more and more songs.

  Josephine de La Baume

  Song, Home, Play

  "Josephine de la Baume on Mark & "Dreamcore" Style". Interview with Lauren Houssin, www.elle.com. May 16, 2011.

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