James Cook Quotes
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My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.
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The army is the true nobility of our country.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
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Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way my I am achieving my dreams.
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Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
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Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie.
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I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
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I decided in my late teens that I wanted to be an actor, and my dad and I agreed that films were better. I work alongside my dad, you see. I've thought that films were better since I was a kid.
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I am the father of twin sons that were born in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1983. They were 13 weeks premature. Gerry weighed 1 pound 14 ounces, and Zachary 1 pound 11 ounces. They were the first male twins to ever survive at Pennsylvania Hospital.
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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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There is so much good music in the U.S. and there is just a small section that gets recognised at the Grammys.
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Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got.
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It is not known, now, for what length of time the Tuatha de Danaan had the sway over Ireland, and it is likely it was a long time they had it, but they were put from it at last.
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Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More startups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow.
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The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.
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I've always been one to throw caution to the wind, and my motto has been, 'Never have a dull moment.' Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, but I don't think I'd have it much differently.
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Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes I feel rather proud of having made various the loathsome people or groups angry, at other times I wonder why I put up with such grief.
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The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
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My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.
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What goes for sex goes double for politics.
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The state of law is equal for all people. It cannot depend on electoral politics.
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My brother used to say that when you deal with women, it's difficult to remove emotions from an argument. I never really knew what he meant. Then I read an article that said when it comes to emotion and logic, men's and women's brains are different - my brother was right! Women are very mysterious, but that's part of their joy.
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The welfare system is the breeding ground of crime, addiction and radical politics.
