The monastery of Christ in the Desert had its resident hermit, Brother Xavier, chosen after years of devotion and service, a monk so trusted and experienced that he qualified by Benedictine standards to be sent to the front lines in the fight against the devil.
— Michael Paterniti
I used to do puppet shows as a kid - me and my brother would do them - and then any poor soul who came into the house had to sit and watch our puppet shows.
— Michael Giacchino
My own parents divorced when I was six. I was raised with my brother Joel by our mother on the East Coast, visiting my father in Los Angeles during holidays. When your parents are divorced, you don't know anything else, do you?
— Michael Douglas
By the time my brother was 8, he was cooking breakfast and dinner for us. And I was 5.
— Michael Beasley
Big Brother makes a game where it's competitive, not just a handicap match. Mentally, physically, strategically, emotionally, it's an even match. When you compete 100%, it's a real competition.
— Metta World Peace
You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them could play instruments. I suppose I picked it up from that.
— Mel Tillis
My brother loves this country deeply. He has laid down roots, and he has always been incredibly patriotic and committed to this country.
— Maya Soetoro-Ng
Whenever I want to laugh, I read a wonderful book, 'Children's Letters to God.' You can open it anywhere. One I read recently said, 'Dear God, thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.'
— Maya Angelou
I had a brother who was my savior, made my childhood bearable.
— Maurice Sendak
I heard my brother's voice even though we were apart. I then answered the phone and found him on the line.
— Maurice Gibb
House Hardy - myself and Brother Nero - are pioneers. My style of booking during early independent bookings was very similar to what 'Ring of Honor' later became, which is what WWE later became.
— Matt Hardy
Once we went off into the singles world, I noticed there is something very unique about Brother Nero. People are drawn to him, and he has intangibles and charisma that cannot be emulated or duplicated.
Working with my brother is something that I've always wanted to do. He's one of my best friends.
— Matt Czuchry
My parents wielded disposal cameras and Polaroids with the best of them, occasionally begging for at least one decent photo of my brother and me at the state fair, in front of the Golden Gate bridge, or smiling half-heartedly next to a mascot.
— Mary Pilon
I come from a pretty scientific family. My sister is a neurologist and my brother is an engineer.
— Mary Elizabeth Winstead
I clearly say yes to Big Data, yes to greater security and convenience, but no to paternalism and Big Brother.'
— Martin Winterkorn
My childhood definitely revolved around my relationship with my brother. I wanted to be different. I wanted to find my way of being as intriguing and interesting as he was.
— Martha Wainwright
My younger brother is a decorated combat veteran and was a platoon leader in Iraq.
— Michael Hastings
No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother.
— Michael Franti
Drake, that's my brother right there. Big Drizzy. That's my guy there - he shows me a lot of love.
— Michael Dapaah
Prince Paul is another good friend; he's like an older brother. He'll criticise and be brutally honest with you. That's what I like about Paul.
— MF Doom
Future's like an older brother to me, and Thug's more like a brother my age.
— Metro Boomin
My mom and brother are both doctors, and it seems crazy that so many people think science is a mutable idea.
— Megan Amram
The facts are simply that my brother was born in the United States at the Kapiolani Hospital for Women and Children in 1961. His birth certificate has been authenticated by a number of sources.
I think I have had so much blessing - I've had my brother, who was brilliant - I think my family came closest to making a genius when they made my brother - Bailey was just all of that. He loved me.
I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again.
My brother Gary, who was my coach, five years my elder, studied human movements at Queensland University in Brisbane. We used to train together every day, and we'd train for so long that at the end of a session, we would physically almost collapse.
— Matthew Hayden
When you are dealing with Broken Matt Hardy, and the Brother Nero, and the Broken Hardyz, anything is possible. Anything.
My father was a really sharp cartoonist and filmmaker. He used to tape-record the family surreptitiously, either while we were driving around or at dinner, and in 1963 he and I made up a story about a brother and a sister, Lisa and Matt, having an adventure out in the woods with animals.
— Matt Groening
I remember taking my brother's car out, pushing it down the driveway in neutral in the night, and going out joyriding with friends and getting flat tires and getting busted. My license was revoked by my dad. So, definitely, I was a kid. I was a teenage boy.
— Matt Bomer
The theater is the only branch of art much cared for by people of wealth; like canasta, it does away with the brother of talk after dinner.
— Mary McCarthy
My older brother was into Creedence Clearwater Revival and ZZ Top, and my sister was into pop radio. So somewhere along the line, I got into Ozzy Osbourne, REO Speedwagon, Heart, Pat Benetar, Journey.
— Martina McBride
I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Playing with my brother on the Patriots would have been amazing, but at the same time I feel like my work as a creator is more important.
— Martellus Bennett
I watched 'Land of the Lost' as a kid, you know, incessantly. I loved it. Me and my brother watched it every Saturday.
The kind of issues that we face as detectives are similar to what the other married couples out there are facing, or the brother and sister, or the brother and brother are facing. Relationships are universal.
— Michael Ealy
My brother was four years older and always building tree houses. Whether I wanted to or not, I learned carpentry.
— Michael Beck
I'd heard of the name 'Big Brother' before. I didn't realize that it was on TV for 20 years. My manager told me, ''Big Brother' wants you.' I said, 'I don't feel like watching it, and I don't know what I'm getting into.'
From about eight years old I was always making things on the sewing machine. Friends would see me making dresses and costumes, and I'd use difficult fabrics such as Lycra and elastic. But you know, my dad was creative and my brother is inventive too.
— Melissa George
We were a very funny family. Humour was the tool with which my brother and I tried to get attention. We were always trying to be the funniest.
— Meg Cabot
We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother.
— Maya Lin
Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear.
I want to write something so simple, so short and so silly... and I want it to be for my brother.
To coach with your brother at any level is really special.
— Matt LaFleur
When I wrestle as a tag team with my brother, it's always great because we realize as our bodies, our vessels, age, we know we can't do this forever.
With a modem, anyone can follow the world and report on the world-no middle man, no big brother. I guess this changes everything.
— Matt Drudge
My sister was drowning in the ocean once, and my brother and I dove in and saved her. True story. She owes us her life. It's great leverage; we abuse it all the time!
— Matt Barr
My brother's in comics. I work in media.
— Mary H.K. Choi
I was into all kinds of music as a teen - country music, because my dad was in a band that played country, and whatever my sister and brother were into.
Around 10, I got chubby. I knew I'd crossed a line when the only pants that fit were from the 'Junior Plenty' line at JC Penny. My parents had split up, my mom was going through a dark time, and my brother and I were getting bullied in our new neighborhood. Life was big and unsafe.
— Marti Noxon
