James Marsh Quotes
The issue often with films is how it works with money and trying to get a visible movie star presence in the film.
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The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. Victorious living does not mean perfect living in the sense of living without flaw, but it does mean adequate living, and that can be consistent with many mistakes.
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Actors, to a certain extent, never grow up, you see. It's an extension of being out in the back yard with a stick, only you're being paid to do it. It's borderline madness.
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I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been.
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Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
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Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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I truly believe diversity is beauty.
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We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that is alive around us, and reconcile ourselves with our environment.
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What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor.
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To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
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I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.
Garry Kasparov
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I sincerely believe that no problem is bigger than man, and problems are blown out of proportion by man himself.
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Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
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I have never retired - I have averaged 40 working weeks a year since 1933.
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I was just on the edge of getting married, and I was frenzied at the prospect of this great step in my life after having been a bachelor for so long. And I really wanted to take my mind off of the agony, and so I decided to sit down and write a book.
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If your child is born with a port-wine stain, they should be seen immediately by a pediatric dermatologist. Your pediatrician does not understand these birthmarks as well as a specialist.
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It puzzled me that other people hadn't found out, too. God was gone. We were younger. We had reached past him. Why couldn't they see it? It still puzzles me.
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I try to be as ruthless as possible. I ask myself of each sentence, "Is it clear? Is it true? Does it feel good?" And if it's not, then I rewrite it.
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Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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We live in the public eye, so if one of us makes a mistake, it affects everyone, which makes me think about what I'm doing in life more.
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President Obama and I both believe we don't have time for a meeting anywhere of the Flat Earth Society.
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I seldom watch TV, but I often get caught up in cricket no matter what time they are on.
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The issue often with films is how it works with money and trying to get a visible movie star presence in the film.
