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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History is never antiquated, because humanity is always fundamentally the same. It is always hungry for bread, sweaty with labor, struggling to wrest from nature and hostile men enough to feed its children. The welfare of the mass is always at odds with the selfish force of the strong.
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El hombre no va a ninguna parte. Todo viene al hombre, como el mañana.
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We decided to go for the easy jump, because I had the impression that the harder double full-full-full won't impress the judges for higher scores. I think we made the right decision.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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When I was small I didn't really know what i was doing. I just sang and it came out sounding pretty good. I just do it and it happens.
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There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.
