James Agee Quotes
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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Have a little faith. Don't give up.
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In an ever-changing technological landscape, where today's platforms are not tomorrow's platforms, the key seems to be that any one of these spaces can use a dose of humanity and art and culture.
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I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself.
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If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
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Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.
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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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There are some great human beings out there. That's all I can say.
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Do stuff that scares you on a regular basis. I think it's good for the body and for the mind.
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It doesn't help anybody to put out a bad script.
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I haven't always felt it was okay to read romance novels. When I was younger, it embarrassed me to be seen with my books, but I've come out of the closet.
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There's not much money in Tallahassee. Not many people can leave Tallahassee because they don't have the means.
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Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.'
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Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.
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Perhaps our own fin-de-siècle decadence takes the form, not of libertarian excess, but of the kind of over-the-top puritanism we see in political correctness and the assorted moral certainties of physical fitness fanatics, New Agers and animal-rights activists.
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Did I have a responsibility to discuss issues? Absolutely. Bobby Dylan was discussing issues – Disney wasn’t.
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It is a grand thing to see a man thoroughly possessed with one master-passion. Such a man is sure to be strong, and if the master-principle be excellent, he is sure to be excellent, too.
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BecauseHe is all-powerful, must all-good, too, follow?I judge but by the fruits-and they are bitter-Which I must feed on for a fault not mine.
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I don't think you can approach any piece of art with boundaries or rules. I think respect is a very important thing, but I also think what we discover along the way is really important.
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I never play without my cape.
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The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same.
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Elvis is not so difficult as Johnny Cash because his voice is so distinctive. If you try to copy Johnny Cash, it's just going to sound dumb.
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And when the day arrives I'll become the sky and I'll become the sea and the sea will come to kiss me for I am going home. Nothing can stop me now.
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This continent, an open palm spread frank before the sky.
