James Frain Quotes
'The Buccaneers' was an Edith Wharton novel, and she never finished it, and a screenwriter adapted it for television.
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I'm probably less volatile and tempestuous than a lot of Aries, but I think I'm probably quite loud and outgoing and passionate. Maybe a bit difficult or stubborn.
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Giving people some kind of control over what they do is important. Human beings don't do their best work under conditions of control.
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If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.
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This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own.
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One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
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I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.
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Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge.
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The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.
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There are no major cities I haven't been in - at least once. I'd be just as happy not to go out of town for a couple of months and play with toys.
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I've found just the right amount of balance in my life. I'm this pop artist in America, but I'm also Malaysian. And I'm also Muslim.
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This is going to sound really funny. I have a poster of Zac Efron on my wall! I think every girl has a poster of him in their room so, why not join the club!
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The Hispanic culture is finding its way into the American culture. Places like Miami are going to be centers for that influence - places like Los Angeles and, certainly, cities in Texas.
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I work a lot with my ski sponsor, Head, to develop new technologies.
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Different times need different types of leadership.
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We want the city back on its feet. We want to have jobs for the city.
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Everything that's created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness.
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I like all sorts of art, that's why I love wandering around The National Gallery.
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A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
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I got the idea that to write books would be the best way to spend a life. I never thought of anything else that seemed like half as much fun, although in my next life I would like to be an architect, too, so I can have an easier time restoring houses.
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We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last to be able to do anything about it.
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A mother, after all, is your entry into the world. She is the shell in which you divide and become a life. Waking up in a world without her is like waking up in a world without sky: unimaginable.
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My wife has cut our lovemaking down to once a month, but I know two guys she's cut out entirely.
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I was making love to my wife the other night, I looked up. She was on the phone.
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'The Buccaneers' was an Edith Wharton novel, and she never finished it, and a screenwriter adapted it for television.
