James MacArthur Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
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In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.
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I'm interested in morality and mortality, and 'Deadpool' kind of has all of these themes.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
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I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.
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If we work so hard and put all the money in the hospital to buy medicine - it will be a disaster. Why we should work? So without a healthy environment of this Earth, no matter how much money you make, no matter how wonderful you are, you have a bad disaster.
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The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
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I usually try to eat in my restaurants before I fly, as I'd rather sleep on the plane and just order a salad with cheese, maybe some ice cream.
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I'm very unorganized.
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Writing a book, you can only get stopped by yourself.
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In India, it's a matter of fact that a girl child is seen as a liability. Probably the only expectation is that you grow up to a presentable young woman who can get a decent spouse.
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Cricketers have a very short shelf life. On an average, you make money through cricket for five years, but you need to survive for sixty years.
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The distinctive feature of my family was intolerance of sensitivity and emotion - 'Everything's great, it all has to be great all the time and why do you have to spoil it?' Whereas probably the most fundamental and important thing to me has been defending my right to tell the truth about how I feel.
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One of the things that's interesting is that the PC has always had a huge amount of scalability. It was sort of the wild dog that moved into Australia and killed all the local life because it could just adapt. There used to be these dedicated devices, like dedicated word processors.
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Being in TV, we get to do it again and again until it's 'right.' There's a part of me that likes the other way, that aspect of theatre where there's no chance to go back.
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She divorced me August 10 of 2000, but she never was able to completely get rid of me. Don't ask me why.
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We have a problem now with parents stealing their kids' CDs, so the roles have been reversed.
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The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you'll be.
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But I found out that bones with flesh are more interesting than bones without.
