James Cook Quotes
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What makes for a good argument, at bottom, is being more prepared than anyone else in that courtroom, and being willing to fight to tell your client's story - the story of why the right view of the law and my client's interests are one and the same.
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It's really important to me that my sound is a combination of beats and melody. I love hearing strong, confident beats in music because I love to dance. At the same time, melody is really important to me because I love singing.
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You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
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We've got a yawl named the Phebe, which is named for a boat in a whaling journal my father and I edited. We keep a copy of the journal on board.
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My mother loved fashion and always had a great aesthetic. But she also considered the cost of it, with the kids, that it wasn't something to allow herself.
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With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.
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Once winter sets in I must have the sun and warmth. I need to be in the sun - I'm a true island baby.
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You need a big ego to be an artist.
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If I had one golf course, from a design standpoint, one that I really love, it would probably be Pinehurst. There's a totally tree-lined golf course where trees are not a part of the strategy.
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I knew that I wanted to be an actor; how to go about it was the question. I went to Australia for my studies; from there I told my dad that I also want to do a course in performing arts, but my father refused. So I completed my studies and came back. But I kept poking him, saying that acting is something that I want to do.
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What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.
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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
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I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'
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The first thing I do when I get to any town is find a gym and a breakfast place, because I love breakfast.
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I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.
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Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.
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Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.
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My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
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Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as its own simulator in the case of natural selection.
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I'm a dilettante. My governing word is 'curiosity.'
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We evolved without social welfare and we are equipped to solve our problems without it.
