James Clavell Quotes
All stories have a beginning, a middle and an ending, and if they're any good, the ending is a beginning.
James Clavell
Quotes to Explore
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The bad news is, I have worked less than I have liked. The good news is, I can look back on my body of work and feel truly proud of the work I have done.
Laura Dern
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I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job.
Sam Worthington
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For Eid - or Raya, as the Malaysians call it - we love to shop for new clothes for the festive season. There will be open houses to go to, and Malaysians love to look good for these.
Yuna
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If I can't drive my old pickup to wherever I'm going, well, chances are good that I just won't go.
Ward Churchill
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I think I'd make a pretty good president, and they have a great pension plan.
Pat Paulsen
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It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others.
Nathalie Sarraute
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Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it's lacking substance, and it's difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It's not about the actual music because it's about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package.
Ziggy Marley
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I think I've explained earlier on in the year that I kind of underestimated how important experience was in this series, especially when you're up against such good quality drivers.
Dan Wheldon
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I think you can really tell a good actor if you can put a camera on them and they can just talk and emote and react and you don't have to keep cutting away from them, because they are the language and the behavior. It's all a tour-de-force performance.
Sally Kirkland
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The team is in great shape, the coaching staff, the front office. Just things feel really good chemistry-wise across the board.
Dan Gilbert
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You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.
Harry Browne
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There is almost nothing more painful for a leader than seeing good people leave a growing organization, whether it's a priest watching a Sunday school teacher walk out the door or a CEO saying goodbye to a co-founder.
Patrick Lencioni
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Good-quality nuts, toasted in a little butter and salt, make a magical addition to many salads.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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As human beings, we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions, to judge people too quickly, and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration.
Prince Charles
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Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well prepared and thought out in advance. A lot of people have given their time and their skill, and a good deal of wit, and Anchorage has made us extraordinarily welcome.
Anne Perry
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When I first started acting in college, at Cal, the thing that I loved about acting was not being onstage but going into rehearsals. The thing, as I look back on it now, that I was most attracted to, was that I felt like I'd found my family. It was just a bunch of loonies.
John Cho
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People don't mind if you have a lot of money if they know you're working for it.
Jay Leno
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All stories have a beginning, a middle and an ending, and if they're any good, the ending is a beginning.
James Clavell
