James Lipton Quotes
I thought we would have at most an audience of 5,000 devotees because I made the decision to stick to craft, not to gossip, not to be interested in any of the juicy stuff that they talk about on other shows, but stick to the question of craft.
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I'm cranky.
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There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.
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The biggest thrill in the world is entertaining the public, there is no bigger thrill than that.
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Parents are telling other parents that you can save a lot of money renting. Forever they've been looking for a solution to higher textbook prices.
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I'm not the best at video games, but I play them a lot.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
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Yep, my body is doing good and everything feels good and I'm ready.
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The Honorable Elijah Muhammad says that we should be separate, all right, but in this separate state or separate existence, the black man should be given the opportunity and the incentive to do for himself what the white man has done for himself.
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Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived.
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The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.
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I'm in a sketch comedy group in school and I also do stand-up.
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I don't run behind authority.
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Education never quite gets the attention it deserves in presidential campaigns, but monster flip-flops surely do.
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I've always been interested in any kind of great music, and African music is, I think, the source of it all.
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If you don't have religious fallibilism, you have immense problems.
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For me, my 20s were all about reaching for the brass ring of work in theater, television, and film, surviving in between by waiting tables, painting houses, serving coffee, and temping.
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Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
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When I got the role in 'Homeland,' it really opened something up. Other people respected me more as an actor, doors were opened, and I understood for the first time that it wasn't personal. All that rejection wasn't personal.
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When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.
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Each time I dip a living creature into the bath of burning pain, I say: 'This time I will burn out all the animal; this time I will make a rational creature of my own!' After all, what is ten years? Men have been a hundred thousand in the making.
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Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you bite your lip and head for home?
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Our moral sense really evolved to bind groups together into teams that can cooperate in order to compete with other teams.
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I thought we would have at most an audience of 5,000 devotees because I made the decision to stick to craft, not to gossip, not to be interested in any of the juicy stuff that they talk about on other shows, but stick to the question of craft.
