James Joyce Quotes
Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.
Quotes to Explore
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Up until the end of the Bush Administration, there was indifference to the North Korean suffering under Kim Jong-Il.
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There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.
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As feminism becomes more integrated into mainstream publications and conversation, I feel weary of an obsession of celebrity culture masquerading as activism or as conversation or action. It's clickbait.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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In 20 years I want to look back and see a collection of crazy characters that I made - a menagerie.
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I am a self-critical perfectionist.
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He's this amazing ambassador for all superheroes. What we've made as a film not only examines that but is also an amazing adventure story. It's been an honor to work on. As a comic book fan, Superman is like the Rosetta Stone of all superheroes.
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It always seemed much better to be a writer - a Real Writer - than a successful hack.
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We do take pride in how we look, but it's really just like, take a couple minutes, and you're ready to go.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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If it squares with the Scripture, then let's go. If it's in conflict with the Scripture, then it's heresy.
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I love doing voice-over. It's one of my favorite things.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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My views line up with Mick Mulvaney's views pretty much exactly.
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Judaism and Christianity in themselves are distinctly separate entities, to be sure; but when considering their influence on Western thought, we must bear in mind that Christianity alone, or almost alone, transmitted the Jewish share, simply by what it contained of it in its own, original constitution.
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You really can have your dreams and at the same time have a family. But it has to be a really deliberate practice.
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Life is short. Art, or something not life, is long, stretching out endless, like concrete worm. Flat, white, unsmoothed by any passage over or across it. Here I stand. But no longer.
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In my household, a Trapper-Keeper was too expensive - we had plain old three-ring notebooks - and I always wanted a Trapper-Keeper.
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I like to relax a lot the night before a race. I like having people around me. I don't like being on my own, particularly. Music helps psych you up, too.
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Technology is a bit of a double-edged sword. Used right, it's a wonderful tool, but unfortunately, it makes it easier for a lot of mediocre people to get really crappy ideas out.
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Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.
