James Jeans Quotes
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
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Being nervous isn't always the worst thing for me.
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I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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When you are not missing something, longing for something, you don't really think about it that much. It's like that girlfriend you don't want to have anymore. You don't think about her anymore. Or ex-husband. You just don't.
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Literally, when I go to the vocal coach, I'm like, 'You are teaching me nothing.' You know?
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Memory is a net: one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.
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When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if no one reads it.
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I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression.
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To me, hip hop will never be right until female rappers have a stronger voice in it.
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If any among you covet riches, let him endeavour to overcome, for the victorious not only preserve their own possessions but acquire those of the enemy.
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No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.
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A lioness has got a lot more power than the lion likes to think she has.
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I will never have a problem working with anybody. I will even work with a man if he dresses up like a woman, because it's my job. I am here to act.
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There are few more powerful tools for promoting stability than the institution of marriage.
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Lil B opened up the floodgates for Odd Future, and now rap has a huge Internet culture.
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I thought that I could have a career in music. I really didn't know exactly what I wanted to do or how I would go about doing it.
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What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?
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If the risk is fully aligned with your purpose and mission, then it's worth considering.
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Since when are Egyptians not white? All I know are.
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It is said that a wise man who stands firm is a statesman, and a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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I believe in leavening. You can't have words sticking out too much, like promontories. They disturb the density. You have to flatten them, or raise the surrounding terrain.
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Distance... is like futurity. A dim vastness is spread before our souls; the perceptions of our mind are as obscure as those of our vision... But alas! when we have attained our object, when the distant 'there' becomes the present 'here,' all is changed; we are as poor and circumscribed as ever, and our souls still languish for unattainable happiness.
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One must stand stiller than still.
