James M. Barrie Quotes
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I don't think people are ever going to a place where they're like, 'I'm over stories about character and love.'
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I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.
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It is easy to see what many people, women especially, admire about Sarah Palin. Here is a mother of five who can see the bright side of having a child with Down syndrome and still find the time and energy to govern the state of Alaska.
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The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.
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I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
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Success is the sweetest revenge.
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I actually hate shopping.
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If you give a party, you better give it right.
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I'm an activist. I'm a proud activist. So I want to be someone who is pro-black and pro-Africa and still be somebody that has positive influence.
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Be honest. Be honest with yourself, be honest with, you know, your fellow politicians. This is a rare quality of politicians.
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I wasn't really conscious about 'The 39 Clues' movie when I wrote 'The Black Circle.'
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I've always wanted to make records that rock like hell. But also, I've never wanted to compromise that Country place deep inside.
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Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.
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I would love to tell you that it's been absolutely perfect, that I've been a man that's been super Christian. But I've had mistakes, dumb things I've regretted, so it's not a perfect life. But it's one that has helped me make better decisions.
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You see, nature will do exactly what it must, and if we are a hindrance to its development, to even its destructive powers to reform itself and we are in a way, we will go.
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Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.
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When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'
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Scrawling 'I'm gay' in lipstick on your parents' bedroom mirror may demonstrate a personal signature of the highest style, but is not particularly sensitive to their feelings. Upon hearing me utter those words almost twenty years ago, my own mother did what and self-respecting middle-class mom would do: went directly into a seizure.
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One reason we lasted so long is that we usually played two people who were very much in love. As we were realistic actors, we became those two people. So we had a divertissement: I had an affair with him, and he with me.
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I went down and as I was going down, I knew exactly what was going to happen. I was either going to be raped, robbed or murdered.
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Even in stories that I like, with a female character that I love deeply, it always feels like there's something that she has to prove to the male characters before she can even get started.
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I think the rise of progressives is the biggest storyline there is, whether it's Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or Kara Eastman or Randy Bryce, Richard Ojeda - real populist progressives that are willing to actually fight for the progressive message rather than the lukewarm establishment Democrats.
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It can be nerve wracking if you walk into the interview and you're not sure what to expect.
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We are all of us failures - at least, the best of us are.
