James E. Rogers Quotes
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We shall probably get nearest to the truth if we think of the conscious and personal psyche as resting upon the broad basis of an inherited and universal psychic disposition which is as such unconscious, and that our personal psyche bears the same relation to the collective psyche as the individual to society.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
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A lot of authors, judging by their list, will put anything out that they finish... That's the worst model I've heard of in my life. It's just idiotic. Why wouldn't you just wait for the good ones?
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In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I'm thinking not only of the people I ended up in college with but my siblings, my family, my school friends, the people from my neighborhood. I've come to realize that this is an advantage, really: it keeps you on your toes.
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I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we were on the fringe of losers and jocks. So we invited all the cool kids to come watch us play in our bass player's brother's bedroom. And it was terrible, but everyone thought we were so cool.
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I am not a prisoner of conscious, but people try to make me one sometimes. It is both a gift and a curse. It's a high honour but can create limitations - I have to be fluid.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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All I'm asking for is the law that's been on the books for the last 33 years, no public funding for abortion. We are both saying the same thing, pro-life, pro-choice. Let's find the language that works for both of us so we can pass health care.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
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If you live in New York or L.A., and you're liberal, and you're playing to a liberal crowd, it's almost like a rally... it's not edgy.
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A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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I would like to be where Diana Rigg or Judi Dench is, but I expect it is as good as it is going to get.
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I think I started to have thoughts to really want to be serious about my work when I was about twenty-five, and I just kind of started to look into that direction and moved into it.
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Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere.
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I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.
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An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another.
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No one can make me work harder than I do, so I'm generally not interested in who I am competing with.
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It's April 15, tax day. The federal tax code is over 74,000 pages long. But stick with it because after page 72,000, it gets really good.
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You can't legislate good will - that comes through education.
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I have the softest beard in the world. As far as growing it, it doesn't itch, and it's so non-intrusive. But I am so sick of hair on my face and on my head.
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Higher education is not growing fast enough to meet the needs of Nevada.
