James Frey Quotes
My wife says I'm only comfortable when there's a fight. And it's true. The thing that motivates me is struggle.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.
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I have a charity called the Chain Of Hope, where we target children from poor areas where heart surgery is not available, and we offer our services.
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I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school.
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I could not disobey the will of the Catalan parliament.
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When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.
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A designer is like a doctor for a woman. He has a specific job, and if he is doing it well, he will have the gratitude of the woman for the rest of his life.
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Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
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No matter how much technology changes scouting, no matter how much free agency and big TV contracts change the business of baseball, I hope and pray that the heart of the game will never change.
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I investigated post-traumatic stress disorder. I've been to a unit where people are suffering from it, and I read a lot of literature. I looked at footage of soldiers in the combat zone. I found 'Restrepo' to be unbelievably useful.
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There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God?
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God has taken care of me, and mother dear has taken care of me, too. All my life.
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Every country has the right to determine its own laws. And India can't afford monopolies.
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I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.
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I used to have a very difficult childhood because I was always the tallest girl in school, and everybody was staring at me and saying, 'You are very different.' Now, different is good.
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When you start to see another human being as less than you, it's a danger.
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Patience wins the race.
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As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism.
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Middle children tend to be more gregarious and more dependent on the approval of peers than that of adults. For one thing they have the example of the older sibling- who has the credibility of generational sameness- to guide them in their decisions and to teach them the rules of the family road. An older sister who was grounded for a month for coming home late from a date, for instance, is a lesson not lost on her younger sister or brother.
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My wife says I'm only comfortable when there's a fight. And it's true. The thing that motivates me is struggle.
