James Lee Burke Quotes
When you find the right people, you never let go. The people who count are the ones who are your friends in lean times. You have all the friends you want when things are going well.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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I think I've gotten more confident because the more you do it and the more shows you play, you just feel more confident. You feel more confident about everything.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.
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When I give somebody something and see their face, it just makes me so happy.
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The Chinese are brought up to believe that you should be silent in class. The teacher speaks, and you just listen and absorb what they say.
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The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?
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You want to be smart. You don't want to put yourself in a position where you can't be there for the team when it comes down to the end.
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For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense.
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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
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We have actually experienced in recent months a dramatic demonstration of an unprecedented intelligence failure, perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in the history of the United States.
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The laws of physics should allow us to arrange things molecule by molecule and even atom by atom, and at some point it was inevitable that we would develop a technology that would let us do this.
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We know what's in our Cheerios and in our retirement accounts because the law requires disclosure.
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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
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A free, analytical and questioning press must be helped survive.
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What we find is that our brains have colossal things happening in them all the time.
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It's just wrong to work your whole life to build up a nest egg, build your own business - you pass away, and Uncle Sam can swoop in and take away nearly half of everything you've earned. Can you imagine that? Having to sell off most of your land just to keep it from the government, just to save the house.
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I just love to disconnect from everything sometimes.
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Fitting in is boring. But it takes you nearly your whole life to work that out.
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When you find the right people, you never let go. The people who count are the ones who are your friends in lean times. You have all the friends you want when things are going well.
