James Howell Quotes
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There are books on our shelves we haven't read and doubtless never will, that each of us has probably put to one side in the belief that we will read them later on, perhaps even in another life.
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My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face.
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There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'
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You can be lonely when you have a guy living with you.
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Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare.
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That was essential to my journey: the ability to love children while simultaneously having your heart broken.
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Among all the 'awards' that I have hitherto collected, I consider the title of 'patita' or 'fallen woman' to be the highest. This is an achievement of my long-struggling life as a writer and as a woman.
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There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of natural ability. But that is often rarely the case over the long term.
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People don't realize who this band is always been because we're so young, and it's hard to get over that stigma.
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I don't know where I come from but I'm here now so deal with it.
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You're going to start seeing open-source, self-executing contracts gradually improve over time. What the Internet did to publishing, blockchain will do to about 160 different industries. It's crazy.
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We know that 99.9% of Arab-Israelis are loyal to Israel.
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One of the fascinating things about researching Heaven and Hell is, of course, the fact that there are so few descriptions of Heaven, because most people can't really explain what it would be like beyond a couple of sentences, whereas Hell is quite often personal.
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So many Irish actors overplay that modesty because they're afraid people will judge them and say, 'The state of yer man, he thinks he's great,' or whatever.
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AIDS is an absolutely tragic disease. The argument about AIDS' being some kind of divine retribution is crap.
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When I directed my first short – 'American Virgin' – I had no idea if I could actually do it. Like, I might just get onto set, have everyone look at me and just completely freeze and have no idea what to do. But pretty much the opposite of that happened. I was like a fish diving into the sea.
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Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity and racial equality.
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It is ill to praise, and worse to reprimand in matters that you do not understand.
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I was going to middle school in Berkley, and I did not fit in at all. Like a lot of kids, I found theater to be a good place for me.
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There are some days I feel fat. I'm not convinced there's going to be a moment where every woman in the world wakes up and feels like a million dollars. So, what I want to do is give women the tools that will help when those moments come up. Sometimes it can be as easy as telling yourself that you are beautiful.
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I see little difference in the attitudes of those who consider themselves Christian and those who are openly secular and agnostic. Most Christian citizenship appears to be clearly right here - on this little bit of very unreal estate.
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Even if there is peace with all the Arab states, I don't know if the terrorism against us will pass from this world.
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Appetite is better than surfeit.
