James Longstreet Quotes
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When you see Major League Baseball putting academies in other countries, obviously that throws up a red flag. You wonder why they ain't going up in our neighborhood. Bottom line, what I see, I talk about... I see it over and over. If anybody can show me I'm wrong, then show me.
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Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'
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If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity.
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Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!
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In football, you are going to have highs and lows, and you have to recognize when you have new opportunities and walk in those.
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People often ask me why I don't take up more heroine-oriented roles. My question is, 'Where are these roles?' I really appreciate actresses who sign only films with meaty roles. However, there aren't too many of them. The industry is simply male-dominated.
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Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
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Men are what their mothers made them.
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All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in favor of rash and extreme measures, but Texas was absolutely overrun by such men.
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I've always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land.
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It's successful, middle-class Arab men and women, professionals with seemingly happy family lives, who are prepared to go to paradise for a greater cause. That's terrifying.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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An ideal day for me is a combination of a fun-exciting creative moment with work partners, some laughs and games with my kids, a good surf session, and great conversation with friends around a meal.
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Why would you want to do something and not be special and want the best?
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Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.
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Professional men, they have no cares; whatever happens, they get theirs.
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Women are choosing to stay single rather than marry men who can't step up and provide.
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To a generation beaten down by skyrocketing unemployment, plunging retirement savings, and mounting home foreclosures, 'Mad Men' offers the schadenfreude-filled message that their predecessors were equally unhappy - and that the bleakness meter in American life has always been set on high.
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I think, of all the holidays we celebrate, my least favorite is Earth Day. For one thing, I never know what sort of gift is appropriate. A jar of dirt, maybe? And it's not clear to me why Earth even needs a 'day,' since a spin on its axis creates a day. That's like giving a man who owns a shoe store a gift of a pair of shoes.
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I like poetry when I don't quite understand why I like it. Poetry isn't just a question of wrapping something up and giving it to someone else to unwrap. It just doesn't work like that.
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I didn't pursue acting as a career until I got my first job. I didn't think I could make a living at it. You hear such horror stories about how hard it is to get work as an actor. It is hard, but I decided to roll with it.
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It's good to let go of control. That's probably something all artists and song writers will say at some point.
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A cultured, sensitive, observant man is a pleasure to be with in any age.
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Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?
