James Caan Quotes
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I got all my boyhood in vanilla winter waves around the kitchen stove.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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People get tired of you. So they decided to throw me out. And so help me God, as the numbers were coming in, I said to myself, 'I'm free at last.'
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A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.
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I turned sadness into an anthem for not letting anything or anyone slow you down.
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Those of us who are blessed, we owe it to our fellow citizens and folks who we are around to do something special for them.
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We constantly had family conversations. A lot of conversations about life. We've always been a family to where we did everything together, whether it was karate or Bible study... I just really had a chance to look and learn.
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Once something is memorable, it's living and you're using it. That to me is the foundation of a creative society.
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Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful thing about jazz is its willingness to take chances.
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The truth of the matter is being gay is the way I was born. I believe this to the core of my being.
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I think there is a good deal of promise in those discussions as well. I think there is a range of matters that might be discussed between NATO and Russia that can provide a mechanism for talking through these issues, a way to give reassurance on these issues.
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Women should come forward to protect other woman, as only a woman can understand the problems of another one.
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I will send a strong message that Israel is our friend, that we will assist in their security and that we don't find nuclear weapons acceptable as Iran is currently envisioning it.
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When I awoke in the morning, my mother and Julia Hislop were whispering in a corner. They didn't have to tell me why. I already knew that my father was dead. And when the feeling of peace wore off, the surprise at having known intensified my sense of loss and sorrow. Although I was only nine, I could imagine what death meant. I knew he was gone forever.
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Oh, poverty parts good company.
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Irony: Do not let yourself be governed by it, especially not in unproductive moments. In productive ones try to make use of it as one more means of seizing life.
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Be just before you're generous.
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'Regression testing'? What's that? If it compiles, it is good; if it boots up, it is perfect.
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Sportsmanship is definitely an important thing in all sports. In soccer, we all respect each other on such a high level, between Sweden and Brazil and Japan or whatever team it is.
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A great many men - some comparatively small men now - if put in the right position, would be Luthers and Columbuses.
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One of the great truths of life: I did not do it alone. I had help along the way.
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When you realize my best selling books are 'Owl Moon,' the 'How Do Dinosaur' books, and 'Devil's Arithmetic,' how can the public make sense of that! I have fans who think I only write picture books or only write SF and fantasy. I have fanatics of my poetry and are stunned to find out I write prose, too!
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I really love traveling, I love playing.
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I turned down 'Cuckoo's Nest' four times before Jack got it.
