James Goldsmith Quotes
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When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues.
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Obviously, I don't have a high IQ, but I've always liked nerds and quirky guys.
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I'm always shy when I meet people I admire so I wouldn't be able to say anything rather than, 'How do you do? Love you! Bye!'
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You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.
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It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me – I spoke with him many times – that they couldn't afford to let Germany build up again. They'd been invaded twice, and he wasn't willing to have it happen again.
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Life in a Chinese village is much more organised because the Chinese Communist Party has a presence even in the remotest Chinese village - a presence of the kind that no governmental or non-governmental organisation has in Indian villages.
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One would think that plants belonging to the same genus would always produce identical or at least similar oils. But this is by no means so.
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A sociopath is not just someone who doesn't care about human emotion. They're someone who understands people to the point that they can manipulate them to an extraordinary degree.
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It's hard to complain when you say, 'We're gonna go to the clip where Helen Hunt and Will Ferrell are on 'Saturday Night Live' making fun of your song.'
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Artists are definitely, like, under a sort of microscope of scrutiny more than others.
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If you love living, you try to take care of the equipment.
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I am not mean at all; I am not tough at all.
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Society just has a way of inhibiting you, which is good and bad.
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My focus is mainly on education. I believe education made all the difference for me, and it is certainly going to make all the difference for other children, too.
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It seems to me we have been in a rhetorical arms race in this country, with each side unwilling to lay down its weapons for fear – usually justified – the other side would beat them to a pulp.
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Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation.
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If this tragedy prompts reflection and debate, as it should, let's make sure it's worthy of those we have lost.
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It was not love at all, really, but rather a yearning for the honor and respect of the other men that held them. Pride, then... Indeed, all their connection with each other at this moment was tied up with the respect they felt they were earning by their actions.
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As for the notion that everything has already been said, maybe it has, but life is like meatloaf: there are so many different ways to present it.
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The success combination in business is: Do what you do better... and: do more of what you do.
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Put the picture away or, preferably, send it back to me, dear Valentin. If people cannot understand it is based on their inner engagement with these matters, then there is no point in showing the thing at all.
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The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists.
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Don't ask me for promises until I know what I am promising.
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If you see a bandwagon, it's too late.
