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As a child, I'd always liked cowboys and Indians stories where there were two layers - gruesome in the foreground but funny in the background.


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OLIN BROWNE I think we've seen the easiest it has to offer. I would hope they don't look at a couple of red numb...
OLIN BROWNE I thought it was for 58, ... I've always had trouble with math.
OLIN BROWNE A rubber O-ring failed, the flames leaked out, burned through the orange (fuel) tank, exploded the o...
PHILIP BROWNE You said we had to be a good Russian corporate citizen. I have not forgotten that agenda.
JOHN BROWNE The course is playing very different from yesterday. It's playing much faster. The greens are starti...
OLIN BROWNE [But not only are our pets waiting,] animals of every kind live on the Other Side, ... you are not c...
SYLVIA BROWNE Buck Moore is signing more autographs than anybody else this week. He's a superstar.
OLIN BROWNE I'm only sorry that I wasn't out there to do something about it. But I'm in here. My hands are tied.
MANDINGA BROWNE I blame him for losing his temper, but I blame her for bringing him into our house. She let that abu...
MANDINGA BROWNE The more painful it is, tragically, the more you do learn, though, that's the good part.
SYLVIA BROWNE You never grow old until you've lost all your marvels.
MERRY BROWNE There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, whe...
THOMAS BROWNE Seersucker and khaki suits are the key to looking put-together in the summer. I also wear shorts yea...
THOM BROWNE The basic fact is, the police targeted this young man simply because he looked Middle Eastern.
BROWNE GREENE You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might find a higher purpos...
JACKSON BROWNE And while the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it's seemsIt would be easier somet...
JACKSON BROWNE Just because the news media gives disproportionate attention to one crime over others does not mean ...
PAUL BROWNE Always keep a bottle of Champagne in the fridge for special occasions. Sometimes, the special occasi...
HESTER BROWNE He said, 'I'm the person you're looking for,' and he stabbed himself three times in the neck.
PAUL BROWNE Doctor my eyes, they can not see the sky.Is this the prize for having learned now not to cry?
JACKSON BROWNE Where the touch of the lover endsAnd the soul of the friend beginsThere's a need to be separate and ...
JACKSON BROWNE Be bigger than hurting others, crush our idea of perfectionism and be yourself because that’s when...
BRITNEY BROWNE I'm not daydreaming out there. I was working.
OLIN BROWNE success is not an achievement it's what you believe
SPENCER BROWNE She was affectionate, but she was irresponsible in a lot of ways.
MANDINGA BROWNE Natura nihil agit frustra, [Nature does nothing in vain] is the only indisputed Axiome in Philosophy...
THOMAS BROWNE Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.
THOMAS BROWNE I personally felt that one representative would have been adequate.
WILLIAM BROWNE He looked like a guy looking for his wallet.
OLIN BROWNE