James Clavell Quotes
All stories have a beginning, a middle and an ending, and if they're any good, the ending is a beginning.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I think I'd make a pretty good president, and they have a great pension plan.
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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.
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At fifty, that is in 1880, I formulated the idea of unity, without being able to render it. At sixty, I am beginning to see the possibility of rendering it.
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Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.
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Our players are mad, but it's good mad.
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It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini.
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I've seen myself on those lists of the 100 best guitarists, and if they think that I'm that good, thank them. Thank God for them. But I don't think so.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Good-quality nuts, toasted in a little butter and salt, make a magical addition to many salads.
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I'm willing to take a polygraph test to prove that I'm happy about Kahlon's return to politics. He's a good man, a man who cares. It's good to have people like that in politics, I have no problem with that.
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Television has filled the space for actors that really want to make good work and not just make a lot of money and be famous for making a lot of money and being famous.
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Look at cookbooks with your kids and ask them what sounds good.
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I can't actually think of a job where I was relaxed the whole time. I don't think I would want to do that job. When I break into a cold sweat when I'm reading, I think, 'Oh good. That's what's supposed to be happening.'
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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
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What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians.
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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.
