James Gray Quotes
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At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.
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I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.
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I'm a nationalist. I'm a patriot. Nothing is wrong. I'm a born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So, I'm a Hindu nationalist, so yes, you can say I'm a Hindu nationalist because I am a born Hindu, I'm patriotic, so nothing is wrong in it.
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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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I don't agree with boarding school. It's not something that I would do with my children, but I think it's something that kind of exists in England in a traditional way, and you do form very close relationships with the girls you go to school with. But it is a strange thing to live in an environment which is solely female.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.
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All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
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Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.
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A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief.
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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My rule is that if I interview someone, they should never read what I have to say about them and regret having given me the interview.
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It was so much fun to play, that I've now had a taste for it and want to play more villains now.
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I'm not the kind of person that seeks out other people's opinions on my works.
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I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.
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And the truth is I've always taken very good care of my skin, and always, always worn make-up.
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The reason we are doing these types of pat downs and using the advanced imagery technology is trying to take the latest intelligence and how we know al Qaeda and affiliates want to hurt us, they want to bring down whether it is passenger air craft or cargo aircraft.
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Most people don't watch a movie four or five times; they watch it once.
