James Lapine Quotes

As you get older, you realize happiness involves a lot of problems.

James Lapine

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• I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.

  

  Zubin Mehta
  • Hurt
  • Operation
  • Judaism

• I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Work
  • Want
  • Project

• All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.

  

  Park Chan-wook
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Responsibility

• I'm thrilled to be joining Gap Inc., a company that understands the importance of integrating technology and retail in ways that improve the lives of its customers.

  

  Padmasree Warrior
  • Technology
  • Company
  • Retail

• There's nothing like the buzz of live theater. You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding.

  

  Samantha Barks
  • Live
  • You
  • Crying

• Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Good
  • Beautiful
  • Words

• The song that's affected me the most profoundly is probably Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' or, more specifically, the couple seconds of instrumental break before Vincent Price starts 'rapping.'

  

  Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
  • Couple
  • Thriller
  • Specifically

• I love summertime more than anything else in the world. That is the only thing that gets me through the winter, knowing that summer is going to be there.

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • World
  • Love
  • Summer

• MTV shows me love.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Love
  • Me
  • Shows

• I hate overweight, because it implies that there's a weight standard I should be adhering to.

  

  Camryn Manheim
  • Hate
  • Should
  • Overweight

• I used to spend a lot of time alone as a kid, creating characters and doing voices in my room, and I thought to myself, I'm either going to go absolutely nuts, or I'm going to find something to put that energy into.

  

  Rami Malek
  • Time
  • Energy
  • Alone

• How can a guy talk about $20 or $30 million if he's never even made $8 or $9 million?

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Guy
  • Never
  • Talk

• The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Teacher
  • Down
  • Task

• If you really want to know who I am, you have to be as absolutely empty as I am. Then two mirrors will be facing each other, and only emptiness will be mirrored. Infinite emptiness will be mirrored: two mirrors facing each other. But if you have some idea, then you will see your own idea in me.

  

  Rajneesh

• I don't have any romanticism about any part of my past. I think of it only inasmuch as it gave me pleasure or helped me grow psychologically. That is the only thing that interests me about yesterday. I don't believe in yesterday, by the way. You know I don't believe in yesterday. I am only interested in what I am doing now.

  

  John Lennon The Beatles
  • Believe
  • Past

• Online,I’m out in Hollywood.I’m 6 foot 5 and I look damn good.Even on a slow day,I could have a three way,Chat with two women at one time.I’m so much cooler online;Yeah, I’m cooler online.

  

  Brad Paisley
  • Time
  • Good
  • Women

• All things were together, infinite both in number and in smallness; for the small too was infinite.

  

  Anaxagoras
  • Together
  • Small

• All human activities are equivalent … and … all are on principle doomed to failure.

  

  Jean-Paul Sartre
  • Failure

• I call it sacred geometry. When everything's just right and it feels really balanced, so that when it unfolds to the next part, you feel totally familiar and at ease within the song.

  

  Jason Mraz
  • Song
  • Familiar
  • Balanced

• I was raised, I feel like, on television, definitely a child of TV, and was always fascinated by storytelling.

  

  Jim Rash

• I'm usually a fairly harsh critic. It depends. I tend to really not watch my work, because I just feel uncomfortable, and I can be highly critical.

  

  Jenny Slate
  • Work

• I don't fear commitment and people in my world getting too close.

  

  Katherine Moennig
  • People
  • World
  • Fear

• As you get older, you realize happiness involves a lot of problems.

  

  James Lapine