James Earl Jones Quotes
The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but we haven't gotten there yet.
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He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.
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I'm a bit of a layman physics junkie. I don't really understand it, but I love trying to understand it.
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The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
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And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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Candidates should be extremely cautious in displaying a sense of humor. If he or she tells a joke with a point, there is almost certain to be some minority group offended.
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I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.
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I don't hide my being Israeli. I say it in every interview. I put out a record with songs in Hebrew. The people who signed me have no connection to Judaism or Israel.
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I live in, literally, the same home when I was swiping my first bank card and wondering if I'd have to put back the Charmin. We still don't have a dishwasher. My mom has done all these gardens so now my house looks like the garden shack in the middle of Versailles.
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I can't figure out how you can draft players for a coach that you know coaches a certain a style, and was successful doing that style, and get him to play a style that you feel comfortable with.
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I would argue that you're only going to get the conservatives, particularly a Republican House, to pass immigration reform if we, as conservatives, are reassured that the border is controlled and that we get to vote on whether the border is controlled.
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I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.
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I have two tutors - a maths tutor and another tutor who does all the other subjects. It is part of the deal with myself; I really want to finish school. I like learning and education, and I think it is really important.
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The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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I've worked at this film festival in Telluride called the Telluride Film Festival. Been there since 2002. I used to make popcorn. I was an usher. Cleaned toilets, everything. Grew up there as a kid.
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I started drama in high school.
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The idea of critical windows extends beyond just vision, of course: almost every system in the brain has a critical window when it needs to experience certain stimuli, or it won't get wired up properly. The most obvious example is language: if you don't learn a language early on, it's nigh impossible to become truly fluent.
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I'm really not feeling one way or the other with comedy or drama, I'm just sort of doing projects that I've been finding really fun to be a part of.
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The truth will set you free: believability will give you credibility.
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Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
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People came to the All-Star Game to see the dunk contest.
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Seize the day. Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing.
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The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but we haven't gotten there yet.
