James Cosmo Quotes
I do still sit back and wonder when I'm in LA if this is all really true or is it all kid-on. But it's great. I always bear in mind that the right place and time have a huge deal to do with it, and there are hugely talented actors who haven't had that break.
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I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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There is a saying: 'The child is parent to the adult', which means whatever happens to you as a child or teenager affects the adult you become. You are forged in your history. And fiction is an incredibly important force in shaping children, and that's why fiction needs to be diverse.
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I'm competitive. I'd love another chance to be part of a Stanley Cup championship team. That'd be awesome.
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I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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I went to Moses Malone's golf tournament in Houston, and I've been hooked ever since.
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Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up again in this country a bit and also the big companies, because they're so big, they need big sales really so they're not really interested.
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The sky is a free asset in design, and nothing unnecessary should be planted that takes away the sky.
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I'm a serious eater and a seriously hungry person, so I set out on that path to figure it out for myself, and of course it really resonated with other people.
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I'll let the people decide what they think is good taste.
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Love is so short, forgetting is so long.
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I don't know how many kids I am going to have, but definitely I am one of those women who wants to have family and kids.
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There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.
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When my body feels good, I feel more energized and alive, and that's sexy. I'm taking care of this body God gave me.
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Right away when I got to college, I realized that being a politician sucks. It's really hard! It wasn't for me. B.J. Novak is convinced that I will run for mayor of Chicago at some point. He begs me to do it. It'd be a tough gig, but I was always very attracted to the idea of helping people and trying to make the city a better place.
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I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.
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What makes a specific quality or quantity of innovation retain its intense newness over the years?
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I have a lot of suits, but I'm not the kind of person who looks good in a suit. Suits are too serious for me. They are better if you can break the rules, so that's why I always try to add something crazy to them.
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One day, I went to buy something for my dad at the shops, and I heard a song by Nat King Cole called 'Stardust Melody.' It was like I went into a trance or something. I forgot all about my dad sending me to the shop. When I got home, I explained to him what happened. I thought I was going to get a whipping, but he understood.
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After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your producer, director, or cast mates by your bedside; it's your children. Keep that in mind.
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Comedy is hard to do. All the cliches about it are true.
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I do still sit back and wonder when I'm in LA if this is all really true or is it all kid-on. But it's great. I always bear in mind that the right place and time have a huge deal to do with it, and there are hugely talented actors who haven't had that break.
