James Marsden Quotes
If expectations are low, you can only impress people. But if expectations are there for you to be the leading guy, and you've been paid X amount of money, you're on a tightrope, and all of a sudden, you're looking down.
Quotes to Explore
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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How lucky are we to have Naomi Watts and Sean Penn playing us? We've seen the final cut now a couple times, and the scenes with the marriage fraying at the edges are still very difficult to watch. However, our hope was that no matter your political persuasion, you're taken with the idea that it's important to hold power in check.
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Fuel conservation is as important as fuel production.
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You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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I always drive like a madman.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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I'm a person that doesn't have that many goals or plans. I feel like I'm the wind and I blow through life; it's whatever comes to me. I very much respect nature. Whatever happens to me, I'm happy and I embrace it.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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When I finished touring 'Fur and Gold,' I was just like, 'What am I doing? What do I have? Where is my home?' I didn't really know where it was, so I went to New York to try and make it there.
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Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing.
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Even though I hadn't read a word of it, I grew up hating 'Moby-Dick.'
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Nearly every study shows that competition from cheap foreign labor undercuts the wages of American workers and legal immigrants.
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I'm not at all sure that Israel can determine what happens in Palestine, the Palestinian territories.
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However useful may be the National Parks and Forests of the West for those affording the Pullman fare to reach them, what is needed by the bulk of the American population is something nearer home.
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My firm belief is that people who aspire to public service should have the best advice up front, as they decide whether to run and the people decide whether to support them.
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People should be able to rise as hard, high as their hard work, their ambition, their talent will take them.
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If expectations are low, you can only impress people. But if expectations are there for you to be the leading guy, and you've been paid X amount of money, you're on a tightrope, and all of a sudden, you're looking down.
