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• I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife.

  Louise Brooks

  Knives, Bores You, People

  "Lulu in Hollywood". Book by Louise Brooks, 1982.

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• Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.

  Mel Brooks

  Laughter, Laughing, Looks

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• If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.

  Mel Brooks

  Funny, Religion, Politics

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• If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.

  Mel Brooks

  Chance, Beats

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• If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.

  Mel Brooks

  Winning, Soapbox, Dictator

  "Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures" by George Heymont, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 4, 2011.

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• Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

  Joyce Brothers

  Witty, Hurt, Simple

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• If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth.

  Joyce Brothers

  Women, Memorable, Goes On

  "The Shakespeare Book of Lists : The Ultimate Guide to the Bard, His Plays, and How They'Ve Been Interpreted (And Misinterpreted) Through the Ages". Book by Michael Lomonico, 2001.

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• Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and an equipment problem.

  David R. Brower

  People, Perfect, Problem

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• All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of growth in electrical energy consumption it will simply take, by the year 2000, all our freshwater streams to cool the generators and reactors.

  David R. Brower

  Years, Growth, Energy

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• Unless your kid is Pele Jr., they're not going to be able to feed themselves from soccer. If your kid knows how to play soccer, but not make dinner, you have done them a disservice.

  Alton Brown

  Soccer, Kids, Play

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• I'm an absolute connoisseur of cheeseburgers and like to think that I can detect even mere percentages of shift in fat content in ground meat in a burger and can actually name the temperature to which it was actually cooked to the degree if I'm, you know, really on my game.

  Alton Brown

  Thinking, Games, Names

  "Foodie Wannabe? Here's How To Fake It". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. October 7, 2011.

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• Writing is a solitary existence. Making a movie is controlled chaos - thousands of moving parts and people. Every decision is a compromise. If you're writing and you don't like how your character looks or talks, you just fix it. But in a movie, if there's something you don't like, that's tough.

  Dan Brown

  Moving, Writing, Character

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• If you ask three people what it means to be Christian, you will get three different answers. Some feel being baptized is sufficient. Others feel you must accept the Bible as immutable historical fact. Still others require a belief that all those who do not accept Christ as their personal savior are doomed to hell.

  Dan Brown

  Christian, Mean, People

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• If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Wisdom, Time, Stress

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• Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Funny Inspirational, Octopus, Discipline

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• I'm not interested in trying to work on people's perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don't take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem.

  Jim Brown

  Who I Am, People, Perception

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  If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

  Les Brown

  Music, Dream, Teacher

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• If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.

  Les Brown

  Inspirational, Motivational, Determination

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  If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present.

  Les Brown

  Strong, Powerful, Past

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• If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best sweater.

  Pam Brown

  Funny, Sister, Sibling

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• The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Funny, Friendship, Depressing

  Rita Mae Brown (1989). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, Bantam

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• If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Sexy, Memorable, Math

  "Sudden Death". Book by Rita Mae Brown, 1983.

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• You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Car, Cliffs, Like You

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• Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay just for leaving things as they are, a price for everything.

  Harry Browne

  Inspirational, Encouragement, Leaving

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• You owe it to yourself to be the best person possible. Because if you are, others will want to be with you, want to provide you with the things you want in exchange for what you're giving to them.

  Harry Browne

  Giving, Want, Being The Best

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