James McAvoy Quotes
The minute you start to strategize too much, the more you start to think you're in control of your own fate. And you're not, really.

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If there's an opportunity for me to compete at something, I'm there.
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge.
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Salaries and wages must reflect the reality of the enterprise's economic performance; deviations from the planned performance should be reflected in pay.
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My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country.
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I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.
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Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard.
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God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things.
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If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.
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What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history.
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I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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I did some good things as a rookie.
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My life is so full of sacrifices.
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That every person is desirous to obtain, with as little sacrifice as possible, as much as possible of the articles of wealth.
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A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
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Most ballets are more interesting than most men.
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Dreams have their place in managerial activity, but they need to be kept severely under control.
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You always think, no matter how many times you fail, that the next time you will succeed. Otherwise you wouldn't keep trying.
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Brain studies of mental workouts in which you sustain a single, chosen focus show that the more you detach from what's distracting you and refocus on what you should be paying attention to, the stronger this brain circuitry becomes.
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Once an artist explores the vast variety of tools and features available on the great programs, we're hooked.
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The minute you start to strategize too much, the more you start to think you're in control of your own fate. And you're not, really.