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Apathy occurs when you aren't interested enough in your own life to be the chief influence in it.


Brandon A. Trean

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It's really funny.
BRANDON SANDERSON Kelsier exhaled in exasperation. “Elend Venture? You risked your life—risked the plan, and our l...
BRANDON SANDERSON ... everyone knows that ice cream is worth the trouble of being cold. Like all things virtuou...
BRANDON SANDERSON I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics...
BRANDON SANDERSON ...Regardless, I still do not believe that your duty is to do as the people wish. Your duty is to le...
BRANDON SANDERSON The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accompli...
BRANDON SANDERSON Good men don't become legends," he said quietly.
"Good men don't need to become legends." She o...
BRANDON SANDERSON Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired...
BRANDON SANDERSON I grew up with 'best-of' cassettes. My first Smiths record was 'Hatful Of Hollow,' a...
BRANDON FLOWERS I've done commercial work for Amtrak. However, that was branded as Stanton. I stipulated at the ...
BRANDON STANTON I've wanted to follow my dad into acting for as long as I can remember. 'I've had a very...
BRANDON LEE Being a Navy SEAL and sniper taught me all about risk management. Take away all the risk variables u...
BRANDON WEBB I always say that my favorite people to interview are the people who are at the beginning and the en...
BRANDON STANTON Sometimes we let life guide us, and other times we take life by the horns. But one thing is for sure...
BRANDON JENNER In July of 2010, I lost my finance job in Chicago. Instead of updating my resume and looking for a s...
BRANDON STANTON Aim higher. Stay focused.
BRANDON ADAMS I actually believe 'Sustainability', as a concept, is one of the arteries leading to the hea...
BRANDON BOYD I'm a believer in the ordinary person, that the ordinary person is just as important and has an ...
BRANDON STANTON Megan looked at me and blushed. A blush looked really good on her. Of course, so would soup, mud, or...
BRANDON SANDERSON I couldn’t help grinning at the sight of her. Megan, in turn, raised a nine-millimeter square at m...
BRANDON SANDERSON I needed to say something. Something romantic! Something to sweep her off her feet.
"You’re l...
BRANDON SANDERSON What would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked.
“I’d thin...
BRANDON SANDERSON When I was younger, I was chubby. It gave me a terrible sense of self-image, and I guess I carry tha...
BRANDON FLOWERS Kaladin screamed, reaching the end of the bridge. Finding a tiny surge of strength somewhere, he rai...
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