James Corden Quotes
No one could have predicted on day one of rehearsals, that a year and a half later we would have shot a film and all be living in New York. It was surreal.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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I am pretty self-indulgent.
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A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
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It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?'
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Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
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So many people think they need to have serious equipment. In the magazines and the media, they see all this stylish stuff, especially on TV, and they think, That's what I need to make it work. You don't. I'm attempting a little bit of liberation here.
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I just hate losing and that gives you an extra determination to work harder.
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In both law and politics, I think the essential battle is the meta-battle of framing the narrative.
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I wasn't a great background singer.
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The increasing segregation we have in our country geographically and culturally has led to these pretty monolithic views of different classes of people, and because of that, we've lost a certain amount of cultural cohesion.
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Vol. II, Alfred A. Knopf, 1928, pp. 104–06
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America I'm putting my queer shoulder to the wheel.
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... deshalb ich diese als die Metaphysik des Volkes bezeichnet habe.
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'Oh yes,' said the Emperor. 'That’s what you have to do when you approach the Celestial Presence-that’s me.''Well, I’m afraid that no cat in the world ever bowed to an emperor,' said Jason. 'They just won’t do it, Ichigo, and you’re wasting your time if you try to force them. A cat does what he wants, when he wants, emperor or not.'
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I went to study some orchestration stuff because I got so inspired working with all the orchestras.
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We certainly could have voted on making the middle-class tax cuts and tax cuts for working families permanent had the Republicans not insisted that the only way they would support those tax breaks is if we also added $700 billion to the deficit to give tax breaks to the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans. That's what was really disturbing.
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Many filmmakers pretend that they never see anything, which has always seemed odd to me.
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Accepting federal funding undermines state sovereignty as states become beholden to federal requirements in order to keep the money flowing.
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The problem with me is that nothing embarrasses me.
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In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He may come to regret that decision.
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The good oxymoron, to define it by a self-illustration, must be a planned inadvertency.
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I learned that life is about the people around you and the people you give back to. That's what parenting is: You're not there for yourself; you're there for your offspring and everyone else around you.
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Psychology cannot tell people how they ought to live their lives. It can however, provide them with the means for effecting personal and social change.
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No one could have predicted on day one of rehearsals, that a year and a half later we would have shot a film and all be living in New York. It was surreal.
