James Bovard Quotes
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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I studied Morse code.
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More than anything for me, making music is about taking nothing and making something.
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I've always thought Shawn Michaels's story is fascinating.
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I was a commercial girl. In drama school, I was a mediocre model occasionally to pick up some extra cash, and because clearly I'm not six feet tall, and I had baby weight, I would mainly just would do promotional stuff.
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After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
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I wore U.S.A. across my chest in 1976.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade thousands - maybe even millions of others - to go along, which is a lot of work and usually not successful.
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I'm ready for a different America.
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I busted my butt all my life building companies.
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The verdict of the world is conclusive.
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You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.
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Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.
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I've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game.
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The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.
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'Weasels - and stoats - and foxes - and so on. They're all right in a way - I'm very good friends with them - pass the time of day when we meet, and all that - but they break out sometimes, there's no denying it, and then - well, you can't really trust them, and that's the fact.'
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Art is the daughter of freedom.
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Freedom to vote is valuable primarily as a means to safeguard other freedoms.
