James Fenton Quotes
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It's an honor to be a part of Magic Shave as their new ambassador. One of the problems that some African-American men have with shaving is razor bumps. Magic Shave is perfect because once you eliminate the razor, you eliminate the bumps, and it's so easy to use.
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The cop in 'Dhruva' had to be much more agile, far more fit and alert than any role I had played so far. I built the body that the role required. If it's been appreciated, I am glad.
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We do not believe in immortality because we can prove it, but we try to prove it because we cannot help believing it.
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No one told me I had to make something that would sell, but I personally want everyone to like my music.
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You don't want to have to come into work on Monday already apologizing. I try to save my apologies for what I've done later in the week.
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Israel is not Vegas, and it will not be.
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Salt Lake City gave me a lot of surprises. How progressive the city actually is, for instance, compared to the rest of Utah - it's like this purple dot in a sea of red. And the government there is kind of a mix of conservative values and progressive ideas.
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A chief of station is the head of all intelligence operations in any given country.
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There were probably a few games I played where I should not have played, because of some nagging injuries or something. I used to always talk the managers into playing me, because I wanted to play so badly.
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By the time Africa is developed, it will be the wonderland of the world, 'cause it will be able to make use of all the mistakes of other nations. But it nah go just drop out of the sky. So we have to put in work.
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I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically, except in narrative; grow weary of preparation, and connection, and illustration, and all those arts by which a big book is made.
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The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.
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Reserve the great matters till the end, and the small matters give at the beginning.
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Around 1998, I went through lots of pressures and struggles. My children got married within eight months of each other, my son was diagnosed with cancer and went through major surgery and radiation, my mother had five life-threatening hospitalizations where I stayed with her, my husband's dental office burned to the ground.
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I'm married to football, baseball is my girlfriend.
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All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.
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In the same manner if any nation wasted part of its wealth, or lost part of its trade, it could not retain the same quantity of circulating medium which it before possessed.
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I like it when I go into a cinema and I'm not aware that I'm there; I'm totally involved in the film for two hours.
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If you look in the animal world, many, many organisms will enter into states of suspended animation.
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Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
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People can defame anyone they like, people can write anything they like. But non-accountability is a part of modern Indian culture.
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Our hunting areas are the grocery store.
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One does not become a guru by accident.
