James Gates Percival Quotes
The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.
Quotes to Explore
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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I'm a breakfast type of guy. Don't get me wrong. I can cook, I'm kinda nice on the burner, but I enjoy making breakfast. I do it all... Scrambled eggs... French toast... Pancakes... Breakfast is my thing.
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I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.
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The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd.
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Growing up in India, I knew all I needed to change the world was one good opportunity, and I prepared myself for it. When that opportunity came - in the form of the chance to earn an engineering degree - I was ready.
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Especially in technology, we need revolutionary change, not incremental change.
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We live in a world where people think that finding a passion is so rare that if you find one you're the luckiest person on the planet, and the possibility of finding two is just bizarre. It isn't. We have multiple passions.
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I wasn't a great debater.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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Ember Moon is extremely talented, and Daria, from Tough Enough, she's very unique and cool. The fans are going to get behind her. As for Asuka, she is phenomenal.
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Just because we eat together does not mean we eat right: Domino's alone delivers a million pizzas on an average day.
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I was lucky that I got to do films in between seasons of 'Chuck.'
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I was doing about five movies a year for many years. I was just so tired. I walked around feeling like a Mack truck hit me.
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Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to give children the education they need.
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I've dated people who I thought were going to be a big deal in my life, and I've also spent long periods by myself.
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People coming up and saying something nice is always welcome. But when you're being secretly photographed, that's not so nice. I would rather shake hands with someone and exchange a few words than take a selfie.
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The greatest saving one can make in the order of thought is to accept the unintelligibility of the world - and to pay attention to man.
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My favourite thing in the world is going out to get Chinese food, then coming home and renting a movie.
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The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.
