James Cook Quotes
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I have 179 children that I take care of full-time: close to 40 in Uganda and the rest in Sudan.
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Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.
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I worked from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. every night for a year to write the first 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' book.
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My job is to train hard, go fight, and do my best.
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Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.
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I think that's one of the most unique and potentially powerful things about reddit - people come for the news, and stay for the community.
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Beauty is not just physical.
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There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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I have five horses. My first was a professional jumper named Santos. I got him when I was 18.
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I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.
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The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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I do think people are definitely sick of the Kardashians.
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One of the saddest things about publishing is how quickly it ages what it touches. The frenzy involved in getting books on shelves, and in putting the word out that they're there, moves at a speed that is not the speed of writing, let alone of reading.
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All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.
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If I didn't have a girlfriend, I'd have 10 girls at the studio, and they would make me not rap.
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For me, breastfeeding was even more painful than giving birth. And despite a lactation consultant, I felt incompetent. I forged on, barely sleeping, always either breastfeeding or pumping and never getting the hang of it.
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I used to be kind of bitter and jealous as well, but I get it. It's business.
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Every business has to re-think their own business model and say does it meet this DSM test and do their products and services meet the test of being digital, social, and mobile? I think the banks are doing the same.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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As I said this morning, I am not impressed by the opportunities open to popular fronts throughout the world. I do not believe that any democrat can successfully ride that tiger. But I do believe in the necessity of great powers working together to preserve the human race, or otherwise we can be destroyed.
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It's impossible for a dishonest person to grow rich in business.
