Charles James Quotes
Brancusi has his medium: Picasso, Faulkner, Shostakovich, theirs. Mine happens to be cloth.
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My mother has been a wonderful model for the professional woman - a loving mother dedicated to both her family and her work. She inspired me, made me proud, and developed in me an enormous respect for women in general.
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There may be an evolutionary advantage for schizophrenia genes during famine.
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A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.
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One thing I've learned is that I'm not the owner of my talent; I'm the manager of it.
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If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a song called 'I Am A Singer', but I rewrote the words for Frank. I was in tears and, when he got up, so was he.
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Personally, I don't even read bummer news stories about the environment because it makes me feel helpless to fix anything and reminds me that the general population doesn't treat these issues as an important part of our political life.
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I was feeling a lot of confidence, so I wanted to take advantage of that and keep playing.
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Dating co-stars is natural. When you're working with someone, it's habit.
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Audendo magnus tegitur timor.
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I don't believe in the philosophy of stumbling across hit records.
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My approach has always been rather sensual.
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I came back from Standing Rock, and one of the things that struck me was their respect for elders. It was something that I felt like I needed to work on in my life.
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My original intent for investing into Sprint - the main strategy was to buy Sprint and T-Mobile at the same time, so we'd have a critical mass to fight against AT&T and Verizon. The U.S. government didn't accept that. They rejected it. So my fundamental strategy was broken.
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I kind of knew inside that I wanted to try comedy, but it was a mystery. How do you start? So when I hit 30 and I had done everything I wanted to do in journalism, so I went to a comedy class. I figured I'd learn how to do five minutes and see how it feels.
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In France, Christmas is a family holiday. You stay home. New Year's Eve is when you go out.
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It's very important to have a good relationship with the crew and cast because you want to get the best out of them. They'll work really hard for you if they like you.
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I see our veterans as American heroes, not as cartoon characters.
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When we go and cheer Cynthia Erivo on in 'The Color Purple,' it's because we've elected her to be our voice. She sings 'I'm Here' for all of us.
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Picasso is a communist. Neither am I.
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The greatest artists like Dylan, Picasso and Newton risked failure. And if we want to be great, we've got to risk it, too.
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Stories aren’t about things. Stories are things.
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The surest way of making a dupe is to let your victim suppose you are his.
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Services remains a really significant part of our growth strategy.
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Brancusi has his medium: Picasso, Faulkner, Shostakovich, theirs. Mine happens to be cloth.
