James Cook Quotes
The purer the application of socialism, the worse the results, the purer the application of capitalism, the better the results.
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I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.
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Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.
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Becoming a 'Sir' is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it.
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I never forget my old days and I never fly too high I have my feet fixed firmly on the ground!
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I think beautiful independent films are made, and I think they're as close to what theater can be because they're not loaded with all of the extra stuff. It's human, and it's more organic, but theater is very unique... It's a different connection altogether.
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Magic frightens people almost as much as it intrigues them.
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Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.
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'LazyTown' is basically about motivation. So what do I call motivation? I call it 'go.' The show is going to inspire kids to go. Go fishing. Go dancing. Go live.
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I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles.
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I'd love to have our trains, our subway cars and our taxis built right here in New York City. You can create 40,000 living wage jobs... the city's contracting power is huge.
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Nothing is taken lightly in 'The Hunger Games.'
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Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less.
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There is no room on the federal bench for a judge who does not treat all people as equal before the law.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.
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I do think it's possible to change for the better.
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Agave nectar is a good substitute for refined sugars. It has a relatively low glycaemic index, which means it doesn't cause quick rises in blood sugar levels. It also has a nice, mild flavour.
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Ramadan is, in its essence, a month of humanist spirituality.
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It's 2013 ... The Time's obituary for Yvonne Brill, renowned rocket scientist, winner of the National Medal of Technology and Innovations, leads with, 'She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job and took eight years off from work to raise three children. "The world's best mom," her son Matthew said.
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It's much easier for me to do an impression of someone real, because you and the audience begin with a baseline understanding of this person's life. And then if you subvert that in any way, it's a little comedy surprise.
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It grants you the power to judge others and feel superior to them. You believe you are living to a higher standard than those you judge. Enforcing rules, especially in more subtle expressions like responsibility and expectation, is a vain attempt to create certainly out of uncertainty. And contrary to what you might think, I have a great fondness for uncertainty. Rules cannot bring freedom; they only have the power to accuse.
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I am not in a position to be accurate on news analysis. But what I firmly believe is that Iranian President Rouhani and the government have committed themselves to a process. I don't think this process is about changing the principles of the Islamic republic, but it is about accepting a certain path of opening in the political and economic fields.
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Anyone who has achieved excellence in any form knows that it comes as a result of ceaseless concentration.
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The purer the application of socialism, the worse the results, the purer the application of capitalism, the better the results.
