James William Ercolan (James Darren) Quotes
Sinatra was the biggest influence on my life, my singing career. And rightly so. I mean he was the best singer ever.
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I'm not an A student; I'm not even a B student, but I've gotten a lot better with the reading because of texts. And I can voice-text and say whatever I want to people.
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys' vocals and don't get taken aback a lot.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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I always had the feeling that Bleachers is my soul.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.
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We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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I would love to play 'Funny Girl' or 'Evita,' but I idolize the women who have played those parts. I don't know if there needs to be another version of those shows.
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I feel I'm a strange mixture of insecurity and strength. Most of us, probably most people. I'm transferring that same concept to the people I photograph.
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is true that if I were extremely rich, I would stop and I would go to play football on a beach in the Caribbean with my children.
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One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.
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We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were moving in opposite directions and passed each other by 32 miles.
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The older I get, the less I need. I wear the same jean shorts for the whole week. I'm not running to the store to get the latest bag.
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Love is giving of yourself in a way that is free of fear.
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I am a count, not a saint.
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Yet when one suspects that a man knows something about life that one hasn't heard before one is uneasy until one has found out what he has to say.
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Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge.
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Sinatra was the biggest influence on my life, my singing career. And rightly so. I mean he was the best singer ever.
