#met

America is the most giving nation on Earth. One of the best ways to feel better is by doing something for somebody else. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#best #better #doing #earth #else

I've always liked adventure television. Pre-'Survivor,' I did a series on cable called 'Eco-Challenge,' an adventure race with experts mainly, and here we have 'Expedition Impossible.' I like the outdoors and I like doing something fresh for television you haven't seen before. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#always #before #cable #called #did

In Europe and Australia, there is something called the Tall Poppy Syndrome: People like to cut the tall poppies. They don't want you to succeed, and they cut you down - especially people from your own social class. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#called #class #cut #down #especially

The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#art #bands #business #compromise #dangerous

I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much. ↗

— Billy Zane

#i love #like #love #much #prepare

I've been a swimmer and a diver for quite a while. It was something that I think I got too comfortable with, and I dove into my black-bottomed pool and hit the slope from the shallow end to the deep end. And I had a chin to chest paralyzing break. ↗

— Brooke Burns

#break #chest #chin #comfortable #deep

I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something. ↗

— George Burns

#cigars #day #fifteen #hold #i

I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate. ↗

— George Burns

#hate #i #i love #love #rather

I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#film #find #generally #i #listening

I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy. ↗

— John Burroughs

#chimney #discovered #discovered the secret #draws #either