James Daly Quotes
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I have a terrible habit of shopping after I go to the gym or hitting eBay.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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I'm a Nietzschean scholar. I've read an immense amount about nihilism and existentialism.
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Fashion's important to me, but beauty fades. All that stuff is fun while it lasts, but anything can happen tomorrow. You've got to have so much more about you than the way you look or your clothes.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English major in college. What I've learned about history is in the field, so to speak. Going into the archives and working with it directly.
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I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.
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I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
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I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it.
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My centre of who I thought I was was never very consciously about being beautiful or attractive - I think I'm one of those people who's actually grown into their looks.
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My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.
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I like a guy who uses his hips when he's dancing.
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I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy.
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Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection.
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I will never leave the theater. My heart is there, and I love being on stage 8 times a week.
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I remember when I was in third grade, I was in a classroom, and the teacher said, 'What do you want to do when you get older?' We were going around the room. I said, 'I want to be a professional basketball player.' She's like, 'That's not realistic.' I thought to myself, 'OK, watch.'
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We need to do things better, but in a way that makes sense.
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Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient.
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When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth. We all have it; it's a great equalizer. White people come up to me and tell me that Roots has started them thinking about their own families and where they came from. I think the book has touched a strong, subliminal pulse.
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It’s hot under my veil, I have a headache, and I’m so ashamed. … Am I strong enough to keep going?
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I stopped using plastic cooking spoons years ago and love my bamboo spoons and spatulas by Bambuhome.
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I hate ladders. I don't mind heights, but I hate getting hit with ladders and falling into ladders. Anything where there are ladders involved or inanimate, unpredictable objects or multiple people gets dangerous.
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The stuff that matters in life is no longer stuff. It's other people. It's relationships. It's experience.
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The story of the Internet is this incredibly strong, exciting change.
