James Fallows Quotes

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James Fallows

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• A common mistake people make regarding dining rooms is to buy a matching set of table and chairs, which can be monotonous. I like to mix guest chairs in one style and head chairs in another for a more interesting, dynamic look.

  

  Candice Olson
  • People
  • Interesting
  • Style

• I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements, so very important to this country's functioning around the world, has not only broken, but it has broken completely.

  

  Xavier Becerra
  • World
  • Important
  • Country

• I'm French - it's less important. Meaning, I remain a Frenchman in America, but I adapt to American culture. I feel good there - but I'm still a foreigner.

  

  Olivier Martinez
  • Good
  • Important
  • American

• For nearly two years, I was flying above the planet with my camera. I knew straight away that this was something important to do, just at this moment, a portrait of the planet for the millennium year. I worked in 80 countries, fighting for money all the time.

  

  Yann Arthus-Bertrand
  • Time
  • Important
  • Money

• NoScript is probably the most important privacy tool, but it costs you in convenience.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Important
  • You
  • Privacy

• Net-a-Porter offers catwalk fashion and trend-driven shopping, but for Mr Porter, while fashion is still important, style is key.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • Important
  • Fashion
  • Style

• The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.

  

  Jack Germond
  • People
  • Important
  • Change

• So I didn't have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us.

  

  Vince Gill
  • Real
  • Interesting
  • Thought

• Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • Important
  • End
  • Theory

• How you leave the reader is so important - not the climax; I call it the 'exit feeling'.

  

  Patrick Ness
  • Important
  • Feeling
  • You

• I always work with a goal - and the goal is to improve as a player and a person. That, finally, is the most important thing of all.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Work
  • Important
  • Player

• Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellow men.

  

  Babasaheb
  • Men
  • Experience
  • Respect

• If someone is being absolutely critical of me as a driver, what could they say? I am also critical of myself to try and keep things in perspective. That is very important.

  

  Damon Hill
  • Important
  • Perspective
  • Critical

• One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be.

  

  Wallace Stevens
  • Time
  • Important
  • Modern

• I think it is very important for all actors to complete their studies side by side.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • Important
  • Think
  • Side

• Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.

  

  G. Gordon Liddy
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Important

• Beauty is in the character of a person. It's about having an interesting face and about what's inside. Anyone can take a good picture.

  

  Patrick Demarchelier
  • Good
  • Character
  • Interesting

• 'Red Knot' is a film that I shot in Antarctica almost three years ago on a boat. It was a film that was improvised and it had very interesting circumstances while making the film, obviously. We were on a small boat bobbing around in Antarctica. It was a really remarkable experience.

  

  Olivia Thirlby
  • Experience
  • Interesting
  • Small

• A lot of people, sometimes they're so stuck on, 'I gotta get married, I gotta get married.' They forget that the really important thing is to have a healthy home, a healthy family, a healthy environment for your kids and to have everything going in a good, peaceful way.

  

  Camila Alves
  • People
  • Good
  • Important

• I heard about the movie business before I even knew what it was. So I surround myself now with people who are like, 'Can we not talk about movies for an hour?'

  

  Jake Gyllenhaal
  • People
  • Business
  • Movie

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art is unsurpassed at presenting more than 50 centuries of work. I go there constantly, seeing things over and over, better than I've ever seen them before.

  

  Jerry Saltz
  • Work
  • Art

• If you don't have content, you don't sell hardware. We need a suite of content of really fun, compelling experiences that aren't just hardcore game-oriented, and when that's good enough, it'll be an easy decision to go to the consumer market.

  

  Brendan Iribe
  • Good
  • Fun
  • Game

• Scoring goals is scoring goals. From a striker's point of view, the aim is the same.

  

  Diego Costa
  • Goals

• Make the important interesting.

  

  James Fallows
  • Important
  • Interesting