James Clavell Quotes
The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world, and the most dangerous.
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The fundamental importance of the subject of molecular diffraction came first to be recognized through the theoretical work of the late Lord Rayleigh on the blue light of the sky, which he showed to be the result of the scattering of sunlight by the gases of the atmosphere.
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I have an issue with rage. I'm going to work that out, long term.
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Walking down the street in any town or city in the world and having people look at you and start talking to you, convinced that they know you as well or better than they do members of their own family, that's just an odd phenomenon. But I mean, I wouldn't say it was a bad thing. It's an interesting thing.
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My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.
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I am very much aware of my own double self. The well-known one is very under control; everything is planned and very secure. The unknown one can be very unpleasant. I think this side is responsible for all the creative work - he is in touch with the child. He is not rational; he is impulsive and extremely emotional.
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Through all the bad guys that I've played, they're justifiably bad - they have their reasons. It's been important to me.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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Museums are for dead artists. I'd never show my work in the Tate. You'd never get me in that place.
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I would like to spend Christmas in different countries all over the world. I love seeing how different cultures celebrate the holidays in their own unique ways.
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My spirit is as strong as ever. I'm still fighting to make the world a safer place, and you can, too.
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I want to do work that has a message and casts a light over an area that's dark. But I'm fun and jovial, too.
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In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the 'we' rather than the 'I.'
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We must fight terrorism as if there's no peace process and work to achieve peace as if there's no terror.
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People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'
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The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.
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There is not one description of beauty - that in fact it has different faces, different stories, and different background, and it's important to embrace all of those.
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Who is that person that comes around and says, 'You are OK, you are worthy, you are special?' That makes all the difference in the world for many of us. Those are the people we appreciate the most.
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Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.
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My life is not that glamorous. I actually live a pretty simple life, really. I just work. I don't have time to do all these glamorous things. I just do my thing, just work.
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I had very strict parents, I could never go outside or go to parties.
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I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedicated to that idea, so who am I to argue, even if I've never experienced it?
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A man does not necessarily sin who does that which our reason and our conscience condemn.
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The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world, and the most dangerous.
