James Cromwell Quotes
During the run up to the Iraq War, Mike Farrell and I did get on television kind of frequently, but then they saw that that didn't work. They really couldn't bait us into being stupid, so they stopped. You know the mainstream media, corporate media, avoids ever giving anyone who has anything to say a platform, if they can possibly help it.
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.
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I'm a decent tennis player. Good backhand.
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Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.
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The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope.
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No one can make the most of himself until he looks upon his life as a magnificent possibility, the materials for a great masterpiece, to mar or spoil which would be a great tragedy.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
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Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
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I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
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Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
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I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.
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It's great that people are interested in Mars.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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I'm not really a fan of people who think they're better than others. There's no reason to act that way. I couldn't even stand to yell at someone if they bumped right into me.
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Netflix is something I watch.
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I'm glad I get to live in the United States of America.
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Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today. It's been that way all this year. It's been that way so many times. All of war is that way.
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There's nothing like overcoming something that scares you so much. Nothing feels better.
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It's like a lot of things, said the smith. Do the least part of it wrong and ye'd just as well to do it all wrong. (p.71)
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I can find every jacket under the sun that I like. But I cannot find trousers cut the way I want them. They're all really tight at the bottom. Nobody does a boot cut on a trouser leg. It drives me crazy.
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During the run up to the Iraq War, Mike Farrell and I did get on television kind of frequently, but then they saw that that didn't work. They really couldn't bait us into being stupid, so they stopped. You know the mainstream media, corporate media, avoids ever giving anyone who has anything to say a platform, if they can possibly help it.
