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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...
BRANDON SANDERSON You know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanish...
BRANDON SANDERSON When you are interviewing refugees, each person you talk to has a different story that could come fr...
BRANDON STANTON Don’t do anything stupid."
"Don’t worry," I whispered over the line, "I’m an expert on st...
BRANDON SANDERSON The game of political music chairs and finger-pointing by career politicians and agency bureaucrats ...
BRANDON WEBB I feel like a little kid who just walked into a candy store. I think that's something to smile a...
BRANDON BOYD I am tapping into a place in you that is unexplored, and very dangerous, but I think essential to th...
BRANDON BOYD Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excite...
BRANDON BOYD I mean it allowed me to do that which was fantastic because we really get to see the character matur...
BRANDON ROUTH I'm not even really attempting to brand myself outside of 'Humans of New York.' I think ...
BRANDON STANTON At home, I'm not a rock star. I wear dad-appropriate attire. I drive a truck. And we go out to t...
BRANDON FLOWERS Training programs shouldn't be designed to deliver competence; they must be dedicated to produci...
BRANDON WEBB The sniper is like a highly skilled surgeon, practicing his craft on the battlefield.
BRANDON WEBB I've always felt like an artistic person. I can't draw or paint or sculpt. I never really ha...
BRANDON STANTON As I've gotten older, I've wanted to represent Las Vegas more. Represent the Southwest. It...
BRANDON FLOWERS Sometimes it is very useful to have a reputation for being a reclusive, amoral jerk.
BRANDON SANDERSON