James Agee Quotes
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The only way I can be there and really get into the character is if I'm her.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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I have got to the point in my life when a lot of people I know have died or are dying, so I realise that somewhere outside the pearly gates is a queue, shuffling nearer and nearer to the celestial box office.
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More recently, as faith gave way to materialism, anti-Semitism assumed a secular mode, harnessing itself to the dominant ideologies of both the Left and the Right.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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I played softball for a few years growing up. Both my brothers played baseball.
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It is always good to explore the stuff you don't agree with, to try and understand a different lifestyle or foreign worldview. I like to be challenged in that way, and always end up learning something I didn't know.
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I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played, so it's like an audition each time. You get nervous just before going onstage. I still have that, but I think it's more like concern. You're concerned about the people - like meeting your in-laws for the first time.
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Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
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I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.
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I never trusted good-looking boys.
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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I fed my ego, but not my soul.
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Now more than ever is the time to really work on learning a money management system that can work, no matter how low things seem right now.
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Obama's ascendancy unhinged the radical right, offering a unified target to competing camps of racial, nativist and religious animus.
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I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.
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Being married to a footballer is some girls' dream, but it isn't always like that. I work.
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You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love.
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A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
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Even if I tried to fill up the stadium in Ramat Gan, I don't think I could.
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I've talked to some drummers who seem to have a very hard time staying in shape on the road, including some drummers touring with high-profile acts that don't have to live on fast food every night.
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When I reflect on the losses I've experienced, I've come to believe that those experiences were transformative, that they shaped who I am.
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God doesn't believe in the easy way.
