James Addison Baker Quotes
Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time - or never.
Quotes to Explore
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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I have more friends in New York than Paris.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
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Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?
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In a sense there is no 'opposition' in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one unified block with the same views. Such a phrase is not in our constitution, unlike say the United Kingdom. We only have people with different views and that's ok.
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The joy of YouTube is that you can create content about anything you feel passionate about, however silly the subject matter.
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Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
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I have this necklace I always wear. I collect pendants from people I love; my best friends and members of my family have all given me one, and I put them on this chain so no matter where I am they're always with me.
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Every country has the right to determine its own laws. And India can't afford monopolies.
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How does one endure in a place they shouldn't be condemned to live in? You could take that same question and apply it to any number of neighborhoods in any number of cities.
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I felt like if I wasn't around, maybe my shot would be gone.
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The only way anyone's going to succeed is to build the product.
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I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.
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There must be a thread in everything I choose to take on, and I can't say it's a calculated thread, but I think you end up doing the work that's resonating with you.
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There is a quality of selfishness that is associated with an individual when they are in the depths of addiction.
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Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
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Consumers may put off buying a car, but they don't put off buying a vacation.
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I think I forget every time - you give birth, and you want your stomach to be flat again. It does take a lot of work, but I usually start slowly by going on walks with the baby.
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There's enough dismemberment going on in the world without writing music about it.
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Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time - or never.
