James A. Leach Quotes
There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.
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A handicap is like trying to race and you have a ten pound weight stuck to your waist. That is a handicap.
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I'm like a mechanic. If you break down and phone the AA, they'll come to you whether it's raining or snowing. That's what an actor should do.
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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company, willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.
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The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be utilized to influence other countries.
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Rock and roll might be summed up as monotony tinged with hysteria.
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Do we exert our own liberties without injury to others - we exert them justly; do we exert them at the expense of others - unjustly. And, in thus doing, we step from the sure platform of liberty upon the uncertain threshold of tyranny.
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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is harmony in the house; when there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation; when there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.
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Getting toxic lead out of gasoline, the oil industry shouted, would cost a dollar a gallon. It turned out to cost just a penny a gallon to protect hundreds of thousands of kids from lead-induced brain damage.
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Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs.
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It's not all silliness, as interactive SXSW is filled with aggressive learning, discussing, and a whole lot of futurizing.
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It's quite nice to have a bit more color on the lips during wintertime. And it's festive, isn't it?
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Compton is my city.
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Yes, sir, I was in the processing room watching them actually process the film.
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We don't need a lot of initiatives for women in film; what we need is money.
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It's funny, oftentimes the really great roles that I enjoy are in classic plays, and there aren't many theatres in New York who will do them, aside from Roundabout.
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Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.
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Like pride, blind optimism may go before a fall.
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On the tour we get a case of beer on the bus every day from Ozzfest.
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I've never yet managed to write a novel which didn't have an Indian central character.
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Ethics, like natural selection, make existence possible. Aesthetics, like sensual selection, make life lovely and wonderful, fill it with new forms, and give it progress, and variety and change.
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There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.
