"Many books condemn 'secular' culture, just as many books advocate (consciously or unconsciously) accommodating ourselves to culture. Brett has written something much different: a biblically informed and culturally savvy approach to consuming culture in a God-honoring, community-building, and mission-advancing way."

-- Mike Erre

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“You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness.”
“One practice I rely on all the time is basic meditation which allows me to strip away the noise. Its like the old-fashioned dial on the radio, where you were getting static and then you found that clear, sweet spot on the dial, where the music would come through. That's what meditation is for me. Dialing out the static, the noise, the anxiety, the fear, and coming into a place that's deep and quiet. It's like dropping into a well of inspiration and wisdom.”
“Music appeared later. At first I was making people laugh with my funny stories. Live and on TV too. It was great, but I started to think that people will soon get bored from it. I have said to myself: "If you are going to go on being a superstar, you have to sing!"”
“I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds.”
“My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.”
“I smoke so much weed that you wouldn't believe and I get more ***** then a toilet seat.”
“Feminism â€¦ I think the simplest explanation, and one that captures the idea, is a song that Marlo Thomas sang, 'Free to be You and Me.' Free to be, if you were a girlâ€”doctor, lawyer, Indian chief. Anything you want to be. And if youâ€™re a boy, and you like teaching, you like nursing, you would like to have a doll, thatâ€™s OK too. That notion that we should each be free to develop our own talents, whatever they may be, and not be held back by artificial barriersâ€”manmade barriers, certainly not heaven sent.”
“The bad guys dont always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.”

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