James Avery Quotes
What you find in the theatre is that if you're good, no matter what color you are, the audience will buy that - whoever you are.
Quotes to Explore
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Obamacare is going to destroy the elderly by denying care, by even perhaps denying treatment to people who are in catastrophic circumstances.
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The primary problem in many modernizing societies is not liberty but the creation of a legitimate public order. Men may, of course, have order without liberty, but they cannot have liberty without order.
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I used to do all my programming on a BBC computer. It was limited to 16 tracks, and you used the keyboard, not a mouse, to input, but I was using it so long, I got quite fast at it.
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It brings me no joy and not enough comfort to dwell too much on things I've said or written or made or worn in the past.
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If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.
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I was completely surrounded by religion from a young time. I was taught by my father. I engaged in discussions with him and many of these scholars who visited and came around the dining table, the lunch table, and attended many lectures with my dad. And so I learned the apprentice way.
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Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.
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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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You have to train people how to be business innovators. If you don't train them, the quality of the ideas that you get in an innovation marketplace is not likely to be high.
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Do something because you really want to do it. If you're doing it just for the goal and don't enjoy the path, then I think you're cheating yourself.
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I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know.
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Hospice is such a tremendous thing. Patients seem to reach an inner peace.
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I think anyone taken out of their comfort zone and put somewhere else will change.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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I try to work on my defense every game, every practice.
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I spent most of the '60s, when I was starting to try to write novels, living and working in Greece and Turkey. These are countries where the ancient past is interfused with the daily present, and I remember being struck with wonder at the constant sense of continuity and connection, the reminders that lie in wait for you at every turn.
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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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I have a specialized racing bike, which is great because it has a solid build, is comfortable to ride, and is lightweight.
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Over the longer period of time it would move in exactly the wrong direction because it would encourage us to use more oil, not less.
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I knew that my hair was falling out and I had really weird skin. My face looked really weird and I was getting this fuzz on my face and I was always cold - always to the point of uncontrollably shaking. I was more scared that 85 lbs. wasn't good enough. I wanted to be lower.
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It sounds like a cliche but I also learnt that you're not going to fall for the right person until you really love yourself and feel good about how you are.
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When I worked on Altar Boys, they wanted to see us having fun. The four of us would have fun on set and steal each other's lines, and mess with the director.
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For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.
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What you find in the theatre is that if you're good, no matter what color you are, the audience will buy that - whoever you are.
