James Caan Quotes
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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Although the evidence at this trial shows that Charles Manson was the leader of the conspiracy to commit these murders, there is no evidence that he actually personally killed any of the seven victims in this case.
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Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
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Talent survives and remains while beauty is diluted.
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Guys in slavery sang praises to the Lord to deliver them from bondage.
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Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere.
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Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.
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The new 'Joy' was needed for a number of reasons. Recent developments in nutrition and new ingredients were two of the major reasons for the revision. One of the other big reasons was America's new love for big flavors. Yay!
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It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees.
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My wife and I both come from Irish families. There are two kinds of Irish families: the hitting kind and the kidding kind. If you're fortunate - and both of us are - you come from the kidding kind of Irish family.
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There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages.
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If your mind is still, you're the happiest.
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Frankly I'm fairly boring or fairly busy. Between writing and family, I have little time for anything else.
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It is as bad as bad can be: it is ill-fed, ill-killed, ill-kept, and ill-drest.
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A living body is not merely an integration of limbs and flesh but it is the abode of the soul which potentially has perfect perception (Anant-darshana), perfect knowledge (Anant-jnana), perfect power (Anant-virya), and perfect bliss (Anant-sukha).
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Notice that much of what men do is also done by single mothers so appreciating what men do also helps us appreciate what single moms do.
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The very dogs were all asleep, and the flies, drunk with moist sugar in the grocer’s shop, forgot their wings and briskness, and baked to death in dusty corners of the window.
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My dad met my mom at Casper College in the orientation line. He studied business and eventually transferred to the University of Wyoming at Laramie.
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Professionally, I did a couple of operas when I was in school, when I was 18.
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The creative act is like writing a letter. A letter is a project; you don't sit down to write a letter unless you know what you want to say and to whom you want to say it.
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I like the way that psychological extremity can illuminate more 'normal' characters by forcing a comparison.
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I learned really early on that I had to treat it as if it were a real job. This might be my middle class background - the Irish work ethic, which isn't quite the same as the Protestant work ethic - but still, it's, 'Get a job and show up every day. Be there. And don't complain. Who do you think you are: you're nobody special; go to work.'
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I'm here instead of having shoulder surgery. But I'm not sure which is more painful.