James Boswell Quotes

For my entire career, I wanted to be a director. When I was in the theater, it was very difficult to get directing jobs, and I fell into the acting by default. I got in the habit of accepting whatever came my way. Not things that I disagreed with, though. It's not like I had aspirations - well, I did have aspirations to play Hamlet, which I ended up doing.

James Boswell

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We continue to be bullish on China.

Carlos Ghosn
- China
- Continue
- Bullish
There are people who think I should be using the position of secretary of state simply to weigh the scales on the side of my own party. I just don't accept that, and it would not be proper.

Sam Reed
- People
- Think
- Party
I wouldn't just have other people write songs and me go out and sing it. I would sit down with a guitar and write 11 or 12 good songs for an album and that is gonna take a long time.

Zac Efron
- People
- Time
- Good
I'm going to continue to work to be the best player in the world, and whenever that doesn't sound fun to me anymore, that's when it's over.

J. J. Watt
- World
- Work
- Fun
What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.

Salman Khurshid
- People
- Time
- Different
This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.

Barbara Deming
- Heart
- Pressure
- Argument