James Fenton Quotes
In rap, as in most popular lyrics, a very low standard is set for rhyme; but this was not always the case with popular music.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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Dub and reggae... I play that a lot around the house.
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We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I grew up on the edge of a national park in Canada - timberwolves, creeks, snow drifts.
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Arianna Huffington has exercised her renowned wisdom to give journalism another boost along the ever busier Internet. Her blog site promises to be an interesting challenge for those of us lucky enough to be invited to participate with our occasional contributions.
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The government should move towards supporting aspirations and not entitlement. Subsidies supporting non-productive growth should be reduced.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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In the Philippines, the host should always be willing to defer to the wishes of the guest.
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I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.
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I like to see a film and then start scoring it in my mind while doing something unrelated. You just grasp a film and start working, and something unpredictable comes out from a third element. The mind, the more active it is, the more productive it is.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.
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I'm a typical Irishman in that I only get home for weddings and funerals.
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There's a side to you as an actor, a selfish side, that wants to go on and play different roles.
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I am fascinated by Omega's history. Particularly the First World War stuff, when they made watches for the flying corps, and the NASA side of it.
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I really like England. I like the lifestyle and the country. The history. The culture, which London is full of. The country pursuits.
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We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.
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Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving the state.
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You know, if you hang around this earth long enough you really see how things come full circle.
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I've always felt robbed of something by people not knowing I was a Jew.
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In rap, as in most popular lyrics, a very low standard is set for rhyme; but this was not always the case with popular music.
