James Cook Quotes
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People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.
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His acting remains forever fixed in a time that never dates.
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I've dealt with a lot in my life.
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President Obama's over in Indonesia when guys like me were at a paper route. President Obama, I don't know what experience he had at that same age when he was in Indonesia. So I think it's hard for him to grasp that America entrepreneurial spirit.
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I can't take anything seriously.
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I'm very proud to be British, and my brand is British.
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Mothers who work full time - they're the real heroes.
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If I didn't believe in what I'm doing, I'd rather go to work in a dime store.
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The government in Turkey, which represents the powerful, traditionalist mass, is very comfortable creating policies tailored only for their supporters.
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Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on our way.
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Younger customers are the future, but older customers have the money. So you need both: one for the present, and the other for the future.
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If Bret went in there and stunk the place out, then they probably wouldn't have brought the little brother in. So just by being successful himself, it opened the door for me.
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I love nothing better than immersing myself in different street cultures; exploring all those neighbourhoods in Tokyo was quite amazing, or visiting Morocco to see an Inditex factory.
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I'm always worried about everything. Like spiders.
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I grew up in a house full of books and parents who read, which led to me to reading from a very young age. And reading seemed to naturally progress to writing.
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If you want to get into the creative world, you have to just keep flogging away even when nobody's paying attention. Because then when somebody finally does pay attention, it's certainly a lot more interesting when you have a ton of stuff to show.
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I've got to pay $5 for gas just like everybody else.
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I like to work out. I work out hard when I get to it, but it's so sporadic, I'm not sure it counts at all! I eat pretty much anything, but I eat high-quality food. There was never a packet of chips or box of candy in my house when I was growing up. Ever.
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I definitely love record stores. And worked in many over the years. Having said that, it's not necessarily that I love vinyl per se. I mean, I'm happy to use CDs and MP3s: to me, it's the music that's top priority. I do have a good collection of vinyl, but I rarely actually pull it out.
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A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is – full of surprises.
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Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.
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I believe in forgiveness.
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Dr. Boice's commentary series is a treasure for the church and for her pastors. No expository preacher can afford to be without it.
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Knaves will come and knaves will go.
