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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Other people are joyous, like on the feast of the ox, like on the way up to the terrace in the spring. I alone am inert, giving no sign, like a newborn baby who has not learned to smile.
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I invite you to sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air . . . and keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that you will observe a great wasteland.
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I thought, transgender people are much worse off than I am. That's why they're willing to risk everything to be who they are. But the older I got, the harder it got to stay in my body.
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The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.
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Yoga is the study of the functioning of the body, the mind and the intellect in the process of attaining freedom.
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Freedom to vote is valuable primarily as a means to safeguard other freedoms.
