James Cook Quotes
The only time you can have maximum economic progress is when social programs don't exist.
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In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.
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M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
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Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.
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Often, a serial killer has no felony record.
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I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.
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In a lot of ways, I wasn't a normal teenager.
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I write better in Cape Breton... too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but they don't bother me, and I don't feel I have to apologize on behalf of my species quite so often.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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I always knew when I graduated from high school, I'd go to college. I never thought about what I was walking away from... I just wanted to study literature and writing.
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I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
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Rock will never be dead for me. Do I like a lot of what I hear on rock music radio? No, not for the most part. I'm not a fan of the regurgitated Pearl Jam and Nickelback crap that's the biggest thing in the Midwest. There isn't that big of a market for rock anymore. Every once in a while something happens and you like it.
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I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.
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Bill Gates is a relative newcomer to the fight against global warming, but he's already shifting the debate over climate change.
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I'm an actor; I hire out.
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I hated seeing myself on screen. I was full of complexes. I hated my face for a very, very long time.
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Democracy is not just about voting but about informed voting. If democracy doesn't have access to reliable sources of information and instead relies on social proof, then there is no way of distinguishing between junk evidence and actual knowledge.
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When you get to a point where you're not beholden to a record company, then it's up to you to say, 'OK, enough knob-turning. We're done.'
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The only time you can have maximum economic progress is when social programs don't exist.
