James Lankford Quotes
Broken families not only affect the people involved, but they have an impact on public policy decisions in Washington, D.C., and state capitols around the nation.
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.
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It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters.
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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
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Overall, the anarchy was the most creative of all periods of Japanese culture for in it there appeared the greatest landscape painting, the culmination of the skill of landscape gardening and the arts of flower arrangement, and the No drama.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls. You don't know anything about respect; you don't know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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Growing up, I always wanted to sing.
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As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.'
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When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.
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Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. He's always been there. I can't remember starting school and not learning about him.
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For people who don't know me, I practiced medicine in Casper, Wyoming for 25 years as an orthopedic surgeon, taking care of families in Wyoming. I've been chief of staff of the largest hospital in our state. My wife is a breast cancer survivor.
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Broken families not only affect the people involved, but they have an impact on public policy decisions in Washington, D.C., and state capitols around the nation.
