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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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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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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Being authentic can be a good thing in that often people who are fixated on that are also fixated on having very high standards, so they may maintain something they think has tremendous value. On the other hand, most of the kinds of music that I've been excited about are hybrid in their origins.
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I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite.
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You have to stay alert. You've got to keep raising your game.
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I played a lot of sarcastic, wisecracking characters for a long time, and people would think that was me. And it's very much not me, and then people would think I was being sarcastic when I wasn't: 'Oh, you're making fun of me right now.' And I wasn't!
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I love being called NTR's grandson. I never moved away from his shadow, maybe because I didn't try enough or maybe because I like it this way.
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Well, pioneers always suffer. I don't care who is the first to embark upon things. For instance, settlers that settled the West, Western Canada and the U.S... they went though hell doing it, but it had to be done.
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I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It's very disciplined, yes, but it's joy for me.
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Oh, I've made love, yeah, I've been fucked, so what?I'm a cartoon, you're a full moon, let's stay up.
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In film, you get the license to try and go for emotions that you normally try to keep away from you.
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On BBC Television's Panorama programme (22 January, 1968).
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The only time you can have maximum economic progress is when social programs don't exist.
