Bill James Quotes
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I just want my films to work. The hit or flop verdict really affects me. I seriously analyse what went wrong if a film turns out to be a dud!
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.
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The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.
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For almost a century since 1918, the centralised nation-state has been the world's default political form. Its various experiments in industrialisation, urbanisation, mass literacy and consumerism have brought more people into public life.
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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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I wouldn't mind seeing The Smiths reform. That would be cool.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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I'm certainly relishing the idea of living a century. Can you imagine that? What an achievement.
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I grew up in New York City - I grew up surrounded by every sound that you imagine can come from a New Yorker. All of the different boroughs and all of the different sounds.
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Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
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There are ways to win fights, and sometimes you don't always choose the easiest way to win a fight.
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I have an idea for a Godzilla movie that I've always wanted to do. The whole idea of Godzilla's role in Tokyo, where he's always battling these other monsters, saving humanity time and again - wouldn't Godzilla become God? It would be called 'Living Under the Rule of Godzilla.'
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I really looked up to Tina Fey as a writer, and because I did have a background in writing, she is someone whose career I really did admire.
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I love being around my mom and my dad.
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In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.
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If someone doubts our right to exist - be it on the hills of Umm al-Fahem or in Munich's beer halls, in Gaza's crowded streets or in the thick woods of Babi Yar - it's their problem. Proud states do not break into wails and crawl under the carpet when they discover someone doesn't love them.
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To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.
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I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.
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I like to feel that I understand little things about sports.
