Marlon James Quotes
I think the Greeks were the only people ever to nail character. Their heroes are deeply flawed.

Quotes to Explore
-
Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
-
Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.
-
By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
-
I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
-
Of course, I want to look the best I can, but I am playing characters that should match my age, and the women and the material that I am interested in are usually going through something. I have to be able to live in my face and tell the story of the character I've taken on.
-
I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
-
I'm a warrior for the middle class.
-
My music confuses people because they think I will sound a certain way because I look a certain way with the dreads.
-
I still have an old painting the Colonel gave me. It was the first time the Colonel had been back to the Hilton since Elvis had passed away.
-
Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry.
-
A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
-
It feels like a simple human right to be able to be yourself, and yet, what trans people have to go through in order to get to there, it can be so complicated.
-
I usually get up between 7 A.M. and 8 A.M., have coffee, and go right to work. It's really important not to get sidetracked in the morning so I'm still in that dreamy state for my writing.
-
Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.
-
What bothered me was playing one-dimensional parts in films which were really about, 'Boy Meets Girl,' 'Will Boy Get Girl?'
-
American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.'
-
In recent years, the government has lost more than five million fingerprints from government employees. They have lost hundreds of millions of credit numbers from financial institutions. This problem is happening more and more and more. And the only way we can protect ourselves is to make phones more and more secure.
-
The parts of a film should be in proportion to the whole, and a long film pasted together out of quick little scenes makes me dizzy.
-
But you people do not understand me, and I am afraid you never will.
-
The Democrats' response throughout the healthcare debate? Give the people more statistics.
-
I love shutting my front door and being at home with just my dog and me. That's when I'm happiest.
-
I think the Greeks were the only people ever to nail character. Their heroes are deeply flawed.