James Buchan Quotes
Where consumption is both conspicuous and competitive, humanity will never run out of new wishes. All the while, industry creates new desires that are marketed, in the great fashion paradox, as both novelty and need.
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We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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I just wanna get to the end of the day without it raining.
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It's nice to see different dimensions of a character. A love interest and family life are always, I think, important in creating layers and textures.
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I hate competition.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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You don't know fear until it's 7 A.M. and freezing cold on live television, and you're not sure if Justin Bieber is going to kiss you or not.
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I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.
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The aging process is totally minimizing. Life in general is pretty minimizing because you have a lot of big ideas, and you have to battle the mistaken delusions and instability that come with youth.
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I think, people look at me, and they say, 'You were very aggressive,' I say, 'Yeah,' you know, and I've made a better life for myself, for my son, so I should reflect that with my music now. I shouldn't still be rhyming like that; that would be me lying.
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I lost my mother and my brother when I was 15 in two separate car accidents. I was doing well at school. I was a good sportsperson, but at that point, I gave up on all of those things that were there to be done. I couldn't deal with them.
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What I think is fair to say is that, coming out of the Republican camp, there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps I'm not who I say I am when it comes to my faith - something which I find deeply offensive, and that has been going on for a pretty long time.
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I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
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There's nothing in the Bible that says, 'You must play video games.'
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If some people try to make a prenup into a pre-negotiation of a divorce... Well, that's really sad. But I do think that it's important to understand what each person has coming into the relationship, and what each person expects from the relationship. They aren't always fun discussions to have, and they can be very eye-opening.
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America is addicted to wars of distraction.
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Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves.
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I'm a bit of a Libertarian.
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Every relationship you have, you're learning and growing and taking something from that.
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Simplicity is a great element of good breeding.
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Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions.
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That'll be the day - when you say goodbye.That'll be the day - when you make me cry.You say you're gonna leave - you know it's a lie, 'causeThat'll be the day when I die.
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I don't think breakups are ever easy for anybody. If they are, they aren't much of a breakup.
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Where consumption is both conspicuous and competitive, humanity will never run out of new wishes. All the while, industry creates new desires that are marketed, in the great fashion paradox, as both novelty and need.
