James Denton Quotes
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When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.
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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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The North American intellectual tradition began, I maintain, in the encounter of British Romanticism with assertive, pragmatic North American English - the Protestant plain style in both the U.S. and Canada, with its no-nonsense Scottish immigrants.
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There are a few players who don't like to think about the game.
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Nobody ever wants to really make someone feel bad.
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Hollywood's built on insecurity. People are trying to prove things. And I probably have that. I probably do. Probably guilty of it, in a way.
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I met dozens of pilots and would go on dates. I had the opportunity to go up in one of the planes, but I was scared of flying.
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Judi Dench has always been the benchmark for me. Everything I have seen her do is incredible. I also really admire Cate Blanchett. In terms of people I have worked with, there is no one more admirable than Hugh Jackman, for his spirit, energy, generosity and hard work.
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I'm a very proud actor.
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If you happen to start a new country in the 1990s, you have the advantage of drafting new laws with the knowledge that the Internet is out there.
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A lot of producers now are people who stay in their office and never go to the set. I don't know how you can be the advocate of the movie if you're not there in it every day.
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My first year of college was tough. I thought that just being an athlete I could get by. I thought I was okay until I got kicked out, which happened twice.
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I can't sit back and swallow stuff. I live in a time and place, and in a country on earth where you're not supposed to swallow it. People just gave up.
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Many people decide to jump from niche to niche, as they cannot find success immediately with the niche that they have chosen for their online business.
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I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood.
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I'm not someone who's sort of still trying to figure out what I believe in.
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I think I'm actually more vulnerable than people imagine.
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I work to create systems that can accurately detect pandemics early, determine their likely importance, and, with any luck, crush those that have the potential to devastate us.
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Integration will not bring a man back from the grave.
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Is it possible that existence is our exile and nothingness our home?
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Living life is like running a marathon. It takes a lot of courage and tenacity to keep going till the end.
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Which can say more than this rich praise, that you alone are you?
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I can't watch my first audition because it makes me too upset. I just think it is really sad. I look at myself and don't recognize myself. I do think fame and fortune changes people.
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I'm pro-choice and those things, but I typically vote Republican.
