James Carville Quotes
I think the Democratic Party has the chronic problem of appearing to be weak, of not standing and fighting for what it believes in, not fighting for its own.
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On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
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You're a smaller fish in the U.S. There's just so many more TV shows, and actors, and actresses. Where as in the U.K. you're in a much smaller market there.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.
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I never was a very good singer.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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In the end, I think that people that are not willing to take the risk to fail are not true entrepreneurs.
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My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.
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The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
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I had my first concert in front of 80,000 people at the International Soca Monarch Finals.
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There's something so soothing about the hum of Grand Central Station.
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On my first day at Yale Law School, there were posters in the hallways announcing an event with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. I couldn't believe it: Tony Blair was speaking to a room of a few dozen students? If he came to Ohio State, he would have filled an auditorium of a thousand people.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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I have two sisters, and we are the best of friends.
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I have all sorts of problems and feel discouraged.
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My style of playing is more enthusiasm and instinct than skill.
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I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.'
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I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.
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Working moms, and increasingly working dads, don't want a government handout, but they do need a hand up.
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There's a side of fashion that's very analytical and data-oriented and methodical, but there's also a side of it that's just like magic. You can't quite put your finger on it, and you can't quite describe or prescribe a formula for how to get that magic exactly, but when you feel it and when you see it,you know that's what it is. It's magic.
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The term 'celebrity' makes my skin crawl.
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I think I'd struggle to get excited by synchronised swimming.
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There is a belief that there is a hyperobject called Overmind, or God, that casts a shadow into time. History is our group experience if this shadow. As one draws closer and closer to the source of the shadow, the paradoxes intensify, the rate of change intensifies. What is happening is that the hyperobject is beginning to ingress into three-dimensional space.
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I think the Democratic Party has the chronic problem of appearing to be weak, of not standing and fighting for what it believes in, not fighting for its own.
