James Lankford Quotes
My focus has always been: I can be an incredibly conservative, principled idea person, but that doesn't mean I have to shout at people.
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I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.
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I debated free trade in college. I came out as a free trader. I'm a free markets guy. I'm an Adam Smith guy.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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I always loved all kinds of music. I would watch musicals a lot as a kid, on TV, watch the Fred Astaire movies. I'd watch 'The Wizard of Oz.' I was a big Jerry Lewis fan, and they'd have these big bands and someone singing - some siren, or some guy singing some gorgeous song. I was always enamored of that style of music.
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It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
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By the time I was ten, everyone knew I wanted to be a producer. I was a very precocious little boy.
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Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.
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When people are in love, I don't see anything wrong with it in the world. If they choose to live their lives and get married, why should we interfere? A lot of people don't agree with me, but that's how I feel.
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Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.
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I've never been in an acting class in my life.
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Being a TV actor is quite different from being a movie star, and I always try and highlight my character. It is the reason why I am more inclined to taking frequent sabbaticals: so that when I return, people can identify with the character I play.
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You can't be impatient about growth, because that's what leads people to make mistakes.
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Every God-given vision will become real if we will only have patience.
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One overindulges when you're younger, and you pay the price in later years. But I always realized how important it was for me to take care of myself and my voice if I was gonna have a voice when I was older.
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To what profit is it that we dwell in Jerusalem, if we do not see the King's face? And when He comes forth from His royal chambers, accompanied with blessing, are we to hold ourselves at leisure that we may yield Him worship and offer Him service?
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My focus has always been: I can be an incredibly conservative, principled idea person, but that doesn't mean I have to shout at people.
