James Jones Quotes
I don't think people like to read about themselves or about others as they really are. It would be too horrifying.
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
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I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.
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Of course, we all watch James Bond with envy - knowing the U.S. government would never pay for the lifestyle he enjoys.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
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I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'
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In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.
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Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.
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Clinton has played a major role in giving companies like Cipla credibility, for which I will always be grateful.
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I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.
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Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.
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As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.
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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
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Marriage is the most wonderful thing ever.
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I don't keep people around me that aren't family. You don't get to stay. Unless you're eating at the table with us, you're not part. We eat together, we cry together, we live together, we die together. Everything that we do is for each other, and we care for another.
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People who get Nobel prizes aren't necessarily the most imaginative of people. People who sometimes find a system, develop a system, do very useful work.
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You cannot survive if you do not know the past.
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I don't mind dating younger men now.
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I don't think people like to read about themselves or about others as they really are. It would be too horrifying.
