James Joyce Quotes
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I was fortunate enough to visit a lot of beautiful places around the world. The most astonishing and memorable experiences were my trips to Africa and Australia.
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When we were growing up, women in their late 40s generally didn't dye their hair.
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In my own life, I've seen myself ramping up the amount of text I consume digitally. For me, it's the weight and inconvenience issue – I want anything that will spare me having to carry around reams of paper.
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I don't like running when I'm holding things in my hand, whether it's a dog leash or a baby jogger. My mechanics get all messed up.
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Scribbling things down is my therapy. I filter later.
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I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.
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I have a paranoia that 'Ablutions' is the best thing I'll ever do.
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When young women get called bossy, it's often because they're trying to exercise power without status. It's not a problem that they're being dominant; the backlash arises because they're overstepping their status.
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For me, the source material can come from anywhere. It can be a poem, it can be a dream, it can be a movie, as long as the end part of it is interesting - that's what it's about for me.
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I'm more concerned about members of Congress being drug-free than I am about members of the Yankees or Giants.
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Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.
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I know a lot of celebrity types go for Kabbalah and Scientology. But why pay 10 per cent of your earnings to someone when it's all common sense: treat others as you'd like to be treated yourself.
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It may be that the books that were best liked in your lifetime are not the ones that are best liked 100 years later.
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If a company is profitable, the founder is in control. If it's not, investors are in control.
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I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening.
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But the exposure we got by doing the stint with Nine Inch Nails brought us a lot of attention.
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I tend to eat vegetables only when I'm with the kids and the rest of the time, I'm a bit slack. But, I am weight-conscious, so I concentrate on avoiding junk food.
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When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort, but I don't like to diet and I'm not good at it.
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I do not want to be a fly,I want to be a worm!
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Everybody can cook. You don't have to do anything fancy. You can do a nice antipasto spread with sardines, anchovies, some meats, marinated vegetables, fruits, cheese, nuts, and crackers.
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I said from the very beginning that I was looking for the best person, I had no doubt it was Roger Goodell.
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Dear rulers ... I maintain that the civil authorities are under obligation to compel the people to send their children to school. ... If the government can compel such citizens as are fit for military service to bear spear and rifle, to mount ramparts, and perform other martial duties in time of war, how much more has it a right to compel the people to send their children to school, because in this case we are warring with the devil, whose object it is secretly to exhaust our cities and principalities of their strong men.
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But toms will till. I know he well.
