#hr

I only really fake it anymore with sommeliers who are being really snotty to me and I don't want to take their grief and so I try to do something to kind of throw them off or put them on the defensive, even if I don't know what I'm talking about. ↗

— Alton Brown

#anymore #being #defensive #even #fake

Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#books #come #ideas #me #through

I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, 'My Mom Was a Schizophrenic.' I really enjoyed the process of doing that strip, despite its subject matter. To do it I'd had to do a lot of research and reading and I figured I'd like to do that again. ↗

— Chester Brown

#because #despite #doing #done #enjoyed

My personal life is the same. At the end of the day, this is just a job. I love what I do, and it's a great job. But it's like my alter ego. There's Chris Brown the singer. And there's Christopher Brown, the down-home Tappahannock boy that plays video games and basketball and hangs out. ↗

— Chris Brown

#basketball #boy #brown #chris #christopher

Southern states in the confederacy were not ready to give up their fight to secede or give up their way of life, which was made possible in large part through the blood, sweat and tears of African slaves. ↗

— Corrine Brown

#blood #confederacy #fight #give #large

Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief. ↗

— Dan Brown

#christian #heart #jesus #married #one thing

Sometimes that is why you might even stay in the bathroom for even half an hour, making that water running all over, just singing. ↗

— Dennis Brown

#even #half #hour #just #making

How natural that the errors of the ancient should be handed down and, mixing with the principles and system which Christ taught, give to us an adulterated Christianity. ↗

— Olympia Brown

#ancient #christ #christianity #down #errors

Without solid connections between homicides, we may have the reverse problem of believing three local murders are the work of one serial killer when they may actually be the work of three! ↗

— Pat Brown

#believing #between #connections #homicides #killer

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

#every #form #four #friends #illness