James Joyce Quotes

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.

James Joyce

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• What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.

  

  Carles Puigdemont
  • Important
  • Me
  • Vote

• We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.

  

  Vernon Howard
  • Understand
  • Slaves
  • Whatever

• One day there were two out in the ninth, and I hit a pop fly so high that the fans got tired of waiting for it to come down. So they all went home and listened to it drop by turning on the radio.

  

  Ted Lyons
  • Home
  • High
  • Day

• Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of what works at the box office. Once the story is finalised, I surrender to the director and follow him. After that, my performances speak for themselves.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Experience
  • Understanding
  • Better

• I did have one bad accident up north near Deerhurst. I was driving back in the winter on these snowy roads, and these two snowmobilers were racing up a hill and they weren't looking, so they caught me as I was going up the other side of the hill, and they smashed into me.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Up
  • Bad
  • Driving

• David Fincher's work has all been incredibly well-received on Netflix, and Kevin Spacey's films have all worked on Netflix.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • Work
  • Been
  • Netflix

• My perspective is the Earth will be here. It just may not be habitable to our life form. We get confused. We think we're the center of everything.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • Life
  • May
  • Earth

• Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.

  

  Oliver Reed
  • People
  • Great
  • True

• I almost bought a DeLorean the other day just because. If I see something that I think is cool and I like it, I'll go for it.

  

  Gabriel Iglesias
  • Think
  • Day
  • Cool

• These rejections hurt me terribly because I felt it was my life that was being rejected.

  

  Edmund White
  • Life
  • Hurt
  • My Life

• I was put on a pony as a kid at some birthday party when you're all led around.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Party
  • Kid
  • Birthday

• Having been on a private jet only two or three times, it's one of life's great luxuries.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Life
  • Great
  • Three

• I look at the NFL and see how the transition has gone at quarterback. I might be coming along at a good time. For me personally, this is about doing the same thing I've been doing at USF - just smile, have fun, enjoy the experience, keep a positive attitude and encourage my teammates. I like to feed off the people around me.

  

  B. J. Daniels
  • People
  • Time
  • Good

• If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • People
  • Great
  • Positive

• When we make progress and get better at something, it is inherently motivating. In order for people to make progress, they have to get feedback and information on how they're doing.

  

  Dan Pink
  • People
  • Progress
  • Feedback

• You can get beat any day.

  

  Usain Bolt
  • You
  • Day
  • Beat

• I think as I've gotten older, I've learned to look at life and take every day as it comes.

  

  Vanessa Minnillo
  • Life
  • Think
  • Day

• I actually never liked writing on my own or in school until I'd had my blog for a while and realized I'd been writing every day for years.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Writing
  • School
  • Day

• I was told to have an ice bath once, which I did once, and it was the most horrific experience. In my head it sounded like a great idea, so I filled my bath with ice and water, and it was absolutely horrendous.

  

  Antony Starr
  • Great
  • Experience
  • Water

• I don't think it's any secret I've never been an advocate for the Affordable Care Act.

  

  Brian Sandoval

• By all means tell the world how good you are - but do it with actions, not words.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • World
  • Good
  • Words

• I look around at all the girl singers, and I think they're all my children... and they're all going to do this... And, yes, maybe I inspired them because I did get through a lot, and I did have the same problems that they're going to have. You do have to give up a lot for it.

  

  Stevie Nicks Fleetwood Mac
  • Up
  • Children
  • Girl

• I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.

  

  Lucinda Williams
  • Up
  • Worry
  • Inspired

• Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.

  

  James Joyce
  • Inspired