James Marsden Quotes
Early in your career, you feel like there is a formula, a path you have to take. You have to do this movie because this person directed it and you have to be associated with these people. In some ways, I have thrown that out.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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I might not be the greatest actor, but I walk into every project willing to work hard.
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Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.
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Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes.
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Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
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And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
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Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.
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Back when I was growing up, it was like, 'You're too young to know what you want. We're telling you what you want. It doesn't matter if you like it. And you are stupid. Just so you know.'
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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There should be no censorship of mail.
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I have lived a long life, and I am proud that I spend the whole of my life in the service of my people. I am only proud of this and nothing else. I shall continue to serve until my last breath, and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor.
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Everybody in America who didn't come over the Bering Strait ice bridge stole his land from somebody else.
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I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.
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If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate hustle.
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I'm not a big songwriter guy. People who are really good singer-songwriters usually left me kind of cold.
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But there she was, sobbing for Yolie, and he wondered why some people stayed soft no matter what happened to them.
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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
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We work very cost effective and I sell my movies in 100 territories on my own.
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Early in your career, you feel like there is a formula, a path you have to take. You have to do this movie because this person directed it and you have to be associated with these people. In some ways, I have thrown that out.
