James Garner Quotes
What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.
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When you write a play, you work out like a musician on a piece of music. You find all the rhythms and the melody and the harmonies and take them as they come.
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There are times, especially on 'The Five,' where I've lost control for a moment. I always feel bad about it, but those always seem to be the times that people realize, if I'm mad about something, it must really matter.
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We encourage whistleblowers to come forward in instances where the government is a victim.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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When I was releasing EPs by myself, I was generating royalties. And when I signed, I thought I'd put those royalties into other artists. And interestingly, streaming is most of the income for those artists.
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I had a mind inquiring enough to question world events, as well as the passion fostered by my background to care, but I lacked the emotional maturity to process these things. That made me ripe for Islamist recruitment. Into this ferment came my recruiter, himself straight out of a London medical college.
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I have to be very careful about diet and exercise.
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Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.
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The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.
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Faith Hill is a big role model.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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We don't really think that much about what we do; it's just fun.
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I don't like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I'm alone with a good book.
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Black America knows better than anyone else the high price children pay for the sexual agendas of adults.
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I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint.
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I love the smell of a real Christmas tree - also, my mum's Christmas pudding with brandy sauce.
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I've got no interest in football. My brother's a footballer, too, and I was dragged to the freezing pitch every week as a child. I don't see much glamour in it.
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Was anybody else bothered by the sight of mine-resistant vehicles and guns pointed at unarmed men in Ferguson?
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The lesson of travel seems to be so banal, but so great, which is that people are just so amazingly decent the world over. Given the disparity of income and wealth, it's amazing not just that you don't get robbed everywhere - it's amazing you don't get eaten.
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To start your working life after you've graduated from school and university, it takes you a long time to get started in the real world. Today, kids are not out into the workforce until 27 or 30 years of age. By the time I was 30, I had six kids and 60 trucks.
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The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
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I started growing my audience in small clubs through word-of-mouth. I started making music that isn't necessarily commercially viable, and it's not necessarily marketable to my peers to a certain extent.
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What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.
