James Agee Quotes
You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.
James Agee
Quotes to Explore
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
W. Somerset Maugham
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Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas married men have done most of the fighting and market work?
Gary Becker
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There's some freedom that you get with indie films that you don't get with the big-budget ones. There's just a different style. I hope I can switch back and forth for the rest of my career, but I've kind of grown up on indies, and there's nothing better than working with these directors so closely and and being such a huge part of the process.
Maika Monroe
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If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.
A. A. Milne
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I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting.
Barbara Mertz
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I just followed my parents' example and advice on living, which was to leave the world a better place than you found it. They were professional do-gooders, ministers of the church, social workers, teachers, and missionaries, that sort of thing.
Ian Mckellen
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The stability of what's called the Standard Model of particle physics and its ability to make so many clever predictions with immense precision suggests that we may just be stuck with it, and there may never be an overthrow of that.
Ian Hacking
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I locate that special problem in a character and then try to understand it. That's the genesis of all my work.
Manuel Puig
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I firmly believe that the benevolent Creator designed the republican Form of Government for Man.
Samuel Adams
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'I’ll do everything I can to help, I promise.''You always have,' Emily murmured. Except tell me the truth about anything.
M. K. Hobson
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When rain has hung the leaves with tears I want you near to kill my fears, To help me to leave all my blues behind. For standin' in your heart Is where I want to be And long to be, Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.
Donovan
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
Livy
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Most of us believe that women can do what men do. The challenge is to convince employers, legislators, mothers, that men can do what women do.
Karen DeCrow
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It's a matter of priorities. Do you want to win, or would you like to sleep? Do you want to win, or would you like to take a day off?
David Boies
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I just feel like there's a lot of things more important than just basketball, and I love basketball. It's what I want to do for the longest time possible. It's what I eat, it's what I sleep about, it's what I breathe, it's in my lifestyle. I just really feel like there's more important things than just putting the ball in the hoop.
Jalen Brunson
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The bubble, as investing phenomenon, has been well studied ever since the 17th-century tulip bulb frenzy. Its counterpart in bear markets is not well understood.
Kenneth Fisher
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You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.
James Agee