James Arness Quotes
I watch television all the time, mostly PBS and old movies like 'The Quiet Man,' my favorite Wayne movie. It's marvelous. I just loved the man and still do.

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When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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Death is not extinction. Neither the soul nor the body is extinguished or put out of existence.
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Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate.
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I first started writing fiction in college because I was attracted to beautiful sentences. I loved to read them. I wanted to write them.
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I grew up on Bach and Beethoven, and now I'm listening to more modern composers who I can't even name. But since I'm constantly doing music, it's difficult to have that quality time to listen to music and do classical stuff.
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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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I'm ready for a different America.
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I believe we are our own inner hand - the godly power resides within each of us to create the lives we desire - no matter what the challenges!
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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A good way to take a baby step into the world of animal rights is to make a list of small things you can do to help your issue and work your way up to the big things. Make a promise to do one thing on your list each month.
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You can do and use the skills that you have. The schools need you. The teachers need you. Students and parents need you. They need your actual person: your physical personhood and your open minds and open ears and boundless compassion, sitting next to them, listening and nodding and asking questions for hours at a time.
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A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.
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I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.
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I watch television all the time, mostly PBS and old movies like 'The Quiet Man,' my favorite Wayne movie. It's marvelous. I just loved the man and still do.