James Cook Quotes

We evolved without social welfare and we are equipped to solve our problems without it.

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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.

  

  Patricia Millett
  • Good
  • Why
  • Law

• 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.

  

  Manika
  • Time
  • Music
  • Important

• 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.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Qualities
  • Charismatic
  • Revered

• 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.

  

  Nathaniel Philbrick
  • Father
  • Boat
  • Copy

• 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.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
  • Great
  • She
  • Kids

• 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.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Peace

• Once winter sets in I must have the sun and warmth. I need to be in the sun - I'm a true island baby.

  

  Narciso Rodriguez
  • True
  • Baby
  • Sun

• You need a big ego to be an artist.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Artist
  • Need
  • Ego

• 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.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Design
  • Part
  • Strategy

• 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.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Father
  • Dad
  • Question

• What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Important
  • Military
  • Budget

• Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Men
  • Wise
  • Same

• 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.'

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • People
  • Work
  • Opportunities

• The first thing I do when I get to any town is find a gym and a breakfast place, because I love breakfast.

  

  Becky Lynch
  • Love
  • Find
  • Gym

• I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.

  

  Haley Bennett
  • Pretty
  • Childhood
  • Mad

• Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Good
  • Faith
  • Spiritual

• Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • Important
  • Car
  • Design

• My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.

  

  Gabrielle Zevin
  • Time
  • Me
  • Grandparents

• After a great loss, after a difficult victory, after suffering extreme trauma, she wished she could have some time to hibernate. Not two days. Two years. Some serious time to pull herself together. Why did life always have to roll relentlessly forward? Why was every victory or defeat followed by new works and new problems?

  

  Brandon Mull
  • Suffering
  • Problems
  • Victory

• We're all biased, right, in many different ways - politically, religiously, ideologically, the way our family raised us - and that's fine. Nobody wants to live in a world where everybody thinks exactly the same. The key, though, is to try to figure out where your biases are holding you back from solving problems.

  

  Stephen J. Dubner
  • Family
  • Problems
  • Raised

• I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do.

  

  Sally Field
  • People
  • Want
  • Actor

• I just make good movies. That's the way I thank my fans.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • Good
  • Movies
  • Fans

• We evolved without social welfare and we are equipped to solve our problems without it.

  

  James Cook
  • Problems
  • Welfare
  • Evolved