James Fallows Quotes
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We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony.
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A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.
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I was actually already doing my Ph.D. in neuroscience when September 11 happened. 'The End Of Faith' is essentially what September 11 did to my intellectual career at that moment.
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'The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of.
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I don't talk about how old I am because sometimes it can affect parts that you get in Hollywood. I don't believe that it's a necessary element. I feel that I'm a character, and I'm an actor. People focusing on my age instead of the role I'm playing can be a hindrance.
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I suffer from vertigo. It's paralyzing in extreme situations. The most scared I've been as an adult was trying to conquer that fear by going climbing in Wales.
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Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?
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Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
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If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist.
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I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.
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Olivier said that drama is an affair of the heart, or it's nothing, and he was right.
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I jokingly say if there was one great thing about, you know, the Lebanese Civil War was that it forced me to read.
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Homicide is the best material I've had the chance to do.
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If the awards buzz is happening, and it's coming from critics and people in the business and all of that, that's only more good news.
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If you're really a rapper, you can't stop rapping.
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Oh, yes; you Virginians shed barrels of perspiration while standing off at a distance and superintending the work your slaves do for you. It is different with us. Here it is every fellow for himself, or he doesn't get there.
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No, I think I used to be pretty superstitious about certain things, but I'm really not anymore. As long as I have everything is in order and I have my things as far as the match goes, shooting I'm fine. But I really don't.
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The terror of figuring out a new genre, of telling a new story, is what makes the job exciting, keeps me from getting bored, and I assume it keeps whoever follows my work from getting bored as well.
Colson Whitehead -
Taxes aren't the way to go. They'd strangle the economy; you wouldn't create the wealth. And nothing squanders money as well as a government. What we need is to encourage rich people to give.
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I sketch the faces upside down because it's like drawing from the left side of the brain or the right side of the brain. I never took an art lesson in my life.
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You can't be perfect. You can't be the perfect father. You can't be the perfect singer.
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Paparazzi need more flattering lenses.
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Everyone moans about the collapsing U.S. infrastructure.
