James Cook Quotes

Government is full of people who think they know what's best for others and can rationalize compelling them to accept it.

James Cook

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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.

P. L. Travers
- Inspiration
- Summon
If the 2016 election is any indication, every four years, millions more Americans will continue backing away from their own parties to choose a third party instead.

Fabrizio Moreira
- Party
- Choose
- Election
I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.

Lady Gaga
- Myself
- Like
- See
I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.

Abby Wambach
- World
- Change
- Possible
In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.

J. G. Ballard
- War
- Father
- Year
Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in Chicago and what a good culture we've got. You can have a pretty wonderful artistic life and never leave Chicago.

Harold Ramis
- People
- Life
- Good