Fire is no laughing matter. In a drunken attempt to appear womanly, my neighbor tried to burn her pubes off when she was fifteen, but it hurt too much to get it completely smooth. My friend had sex with her two years later and said her clit looked like a chestnut. I’ve been pro-bush ever since.
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BRIAN ENO When I started working on ambient music, my idea was to make music that was more like painting. BRIAN ENO In England and Europe, we have this huge music called ambient - ambient techno, ambient house, ambie... BRIAN ENO People do dismiss ambient music, don't they? They call it 'easy listening,' as if to sug... BRIAN ENO When I first started making ambient music, I was setting up systems using synthesizers that generate... BRIAN ENO If you want to create a great product, just focus on one person. Make that one person have the most ... BRIAN CHESKY We have overcome economic devastation, defeated mighty oppressors, and lifted up generation after ge... BRIAN SANDOVAL My brother Alan - who was seven years younger than me - died from leukemia when he was 52. He never ... BRIAN BLESSED What I've been surprised by is not how different people are, but how similar they are. There are... BRIAN CHESKY I've got my head fixed on the next part of life. I know there will be an adjusting period of jus... BRIAN O'DRISCOLL Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective. BRIAN ENO Control and surrender have to be kept in balance. That's what surfers do - take control of the s... BRIAN ENO When I worked at Yahoo, I saw a lot of acquisitions. Some succeeded, and some failed. I think I have... BRIAN ACTON I think every acquisition is unique and different. The best strategy is to listen to the founders an... BRIAN ACTON Belief in God is an elementary form of selflessness - the acknowledgement of responsibility toward a... BRIAN STABLEFORD When you drive your car, E = mc2 is at work. As the engine burns gasoline to produce energy in the f... BRIAN GREENE Working on an adaptation is not as satisfying, because it's not your original work: you're i... BRIAN HELGELAND I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more act... BRIAN TRACY I'm often accused of being ahead of my time, but it's simply not true. The truth is that eve... BRIAN ENO When I was 11, I played the part of Rumpelstiltskin, and my teacher told me I would make a great act... BRIAN BLESSED People talk about the difference between radio acting, TV acting and stage acting, but I think it... BRIAN BLESSED My father was a coal hewer from Goldthorpe, a coal-mining village in South Yorkshire. He played for ... BRIAN BLESSED Life is a re-discovery. BRIAN BLESSED I wasn't good at examinations, but I went to a very good secondary school - Bolton-on-Dearne - w... BRIAN BLESSED My parents were so proud when I got a scholarship to go to theatre school - it was unheard of that a... BRIAN BLESSED I love Scotland - I was made an honorary Wallace after my work on 'Braveheart,' you know. If... BRIAN BLESSED