#own

No, I've heard over the years that it's nice for them to see somebody who's like, you know, a well-known successful musician who's Asian. I've heard it from a few musicians, too. ↗

— James Iha

#few #heard #i #know #like

If God came down here with the box that had the reason for living in it, I'd like to find just 2 words: The Music. That would be neat. ↗

— Garth Brooks

#came #down #find #god #had

Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part of the lives of my characters, as well, albeit on a much different level. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#characters #different #different level #level #lives

Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me write about places more distant than Florida, but I can tell you things about Florida and alligators, let you make the connection all on your own. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#alligators #connection #deal #distant #fantasy

What does it mean for an actor to make a part his own? It means that he takes on what you had intended and starts to put in his own stuff so that it becomes something that could only happen if he played it. ↗

— James L. Brooks

#becomes #could #does #had #happen

But, sir, they have written me down upon the history of the country as worthy of expulsion, and in no unkindness I must tell them that for all future time my self-respect requires that I shall pass them as strangers. ↗

— Preston Brooks

#down #expulsion #future #history #i

We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and problems not necessarily of our own making. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#circumstances #constantly #difficult #difficult people #making

The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country. ↗

— Jerry Falwell

#country #devil #idea #invented #keep

It never felt real to me. I never felt I had complete ownership over Bond. Because you'd have these stupid one-liners - which I loathed - and I always felt phony doing them. ↗

— Pierce Brosnan

#because #bond #complete #doing #felt

When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up. ↗

— Les Brown

#back up #because #down #get #knocks