James Branch Cabell Quotes
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
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Have you noticed the physical resemblance between Imran Khan and Gaddafi? If you were making a movie of the life of Gaddafi and you wanted a slightly better-looking version of Gaddafi, you might cast Imran Khan.
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What is your identity, and how do you know who you are if you don't have language?
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In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion.
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I'm a historian in my own mind.
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And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power.
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Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
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OK, I've been very wild, but I've never really been the sort of person who goes that crazy!
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I always like to have flowers on the table. I think they make it look special.
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I like everybody at 'Criminal Minds.' I would like to guest star, but I don't know if that is in the cards.
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I don't like juries having the wool pulled over their eyes. I don't think that's what the Constitution is about.
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I've found that when everyone rallies behind a cause, and when they learn their effort can contribute something bigger, they get engaged.
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To me, no matter who you're casting for what role, if something's authentic, usually you can mine something good there.
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The dieting wars have got to stop.
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By 2020, 50 percent of imports should be reduced, which should become 75 percent by 2025. By 2030, India should be energy independent.
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We often see literature about women that impair and immerse the women themselves, such as when women are portrayed as objects of consumerism.
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They don't like anyone who isn't Korean, and they don't like each other all that much, either. They're hardheaded, hard-drinking, tough little bastards, 'the Irish of Asia'.
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Uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases cost the states more than $16 billion in 2001.
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I'm a big 'Omega Man' fan because of how insane he seems, just driving around in that car really fast. It has, like, a very strange tone to it.
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I haven't been back in Montreal, at all, since the playoffs ended two years ago. It's been a while.
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I've begun to believe more and more that movies are all about transitions, that the key to making good movies is to pay attention to the transition between scenes. And not just how you get from one scene to the next, but where you leave a scene and where you come into a new scene. Those are some of the most important decisions that you make. It can be the difference between a movie that works and a movie that doesn't.
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The people run the country. So if people didn't want you shooting in their neighborhood, there's no authority that can tell them they have to. That's why it's called the People's Republic of China.
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Tell the rabble my name is Cabell.
