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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It is a fact not to be disputed, that the aristocracy have not 'progressed ' in proportion to the other classes. A young nobleman of the present day has not a better education than his ancestor in the time of Elizabeth.
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But when I cut off my hair I even had friends not recognize me.
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You adhere to a philosophy, but part of the philosophy I have is that I don't want to be too doggone inflexible that I miss a good player.
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We Americans can be rightly proud of the fact that the right to the free and unfettered exercise of religion is a primary principle in the vision and founding of our country. It defines us as a people, and has uniquely contributed to making this nation great.
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I won't do anything bad, and I resent very deeply bad people who haven't got the ability, who try to interfere with the kind of work I'm trying to do because nobody's going to benefit from it.
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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.
