James A. Leach Quotes
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So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens.
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems. They also try to deal with counselling, stolen generations issues, family relationships, violence, suicide prevention.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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I don't see a superstar out there. I don't see Georges St-Pierre coming back.
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I love surprises - champagne and strawberries, all that pampering, romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly.
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In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States.
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One of my initial memories of being taken over by music was watching Paul McCartney on TV play a tribute to John Lennon. He was playing piano by himself and singing 'Imagine,' and I remember feeling an anxiety and shortness of breath.
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Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.
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There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership; they just need to be identified and asked.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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It's a sin to be tired.
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I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.
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I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days.
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News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind.
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I can't add. I don't understand basic science. Or anything else. But I can read anything. I've always been able to, and I've always liked to. Even if I didn't understand it, I liked to.
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Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in my work.
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Friends. Strange indeed. There's just so much at risk, including my heart and mental stability - which are both still extremely fragile. I'm getting better but my heart still aches for you. I'm also having a hard time dealing with the fear. I don't want to be sad anymore. I don't want to cry, worry, or be scared anymore. I just wish I could feel free and happy again. If I can't talk to you at all, it's unbearable. If I talk to you too much, it's unbearable. It doesn't leave much. I want us both to be happy. I just want everything to be okay for you and me. I don't want anyone else to hurt. I feel like I've hurt enough for everyone. I've cried enough tears to fill everyone's bucket.
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Although I was raised Jewish, my upbringing didn't include any formal religious education or training.
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Health clubs aren't healthy. In New York City, which has the most stairs of anywhere in the country, people pay money to go to a health club and use a stair master. When you live in a city, that has nothing but stairs and you pay money to use special stairs, that is not healthy behavior. It's fucking PSYCHOTIC!
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I think we have enough trouble finding community in this country, and sport does provide that. It is a mediocrisy, the greatest mediocrisy. If you're the best, it shows in sports. Nobody can say, 'Well, he's only there because of his connections,' or whatever. In that sense, I suppose it upholds democracy and the best in us.
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Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.
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Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.
