James G. Stavridis Quotes
I grew up as a baseball player, and given my modest size, it was always clear that I would end up playing in the infield.
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My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
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Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.
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A lot of times on tour it's about, 'OK, where am I today? Wow, I'm in Costa Rica. What is their famous dish?' And it's about trying the food, and really experiencing it.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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My childhood was appalling.
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I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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When I think about myself as a writer, for sure I am a science fiction writer. The tools of extrapolation, the tools of anticipating the future - those are science fictional questions.
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I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.
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'The Lego Movie?' I've never heard of it.
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I got a chance to work with Stallone and De Niro - pretty much sums it up for me. You can tell where you're going in your career by the company you keep.
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There are musicians who go through their lives sort of shedding their skins. For me, I've always felt backward-compatible to Version 1.0.
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I think why my content does so well with so many different types of people is because it speaks to everyone. I'll make a Soca music reference, I'll use a Tamil word, I'll do a Jamaican Patois accent. I know about all these people, and I'm not afraid to indulge in their culture.
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I grew up with not a lot of money and I definitely shopped at Goodwill. But even in my most unfortunate state, I was really blessed compared to a lot of the rest of the world. I had a really great chance to follow my dreams and have them actually come true.
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I grew up as a baseball player, and given my modest size, it was always clear that I would end up playing in the infield.
