James Hilton Quotes
You will have Time, that rare and lovely gift that your Western countries have lost the more they have pursued it.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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The Heat gave me an opportunity when nobody else wanted to.
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I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could.
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Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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The journalistic endeavor - at least theoretically - is grounded in objectivity. The goal is to get you to understand what happened, when and to whom.
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The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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Honesty is something you can't wear out.
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I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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Hear the other side.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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There have been times when people who weren't my friends all of a sudden became my friend. I won't allow them to use me, but I have been pretty lucky to have friends who have supported me and who I have known since I was 12. They are still the same and they don't treat me any different.
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I am not interested in producing fiction for Indian television at all, the reason being that I don't understand the medium. I can be a judge or a host; I can do that as an individual. But to produce TV content, you have to know the game.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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How you manage change can make all the difference.
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The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.
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I have a fat head – I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me.
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I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo.
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Men are able to assist fortune but not to thwart her. They can weave her designs, but they cannot destroy them.
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Markets work best when there's lots of information available and a historical track record to go on; they excel at predicting things like horse races, election outcomes, and box-office results. But they're bad at predicting things like who will be the next Supreme Court nominee, as that depends on the whim of the president.
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If you can't go through it, find a way around it. Don't spend all your time banging your head.
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You will have Time, that rare and lovely gift that your Western countries have lost the more they have pursued it.
