James McBride Quotes
You have to be able to toss the thing out. You can't fall in love with your characters, and you have to know when to fight - and when to quit.
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To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease.
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This opinion, however, is held by most, that the devil was an angel, and that, having become an apostate, he induced as many of the angels as possible to fall away with himself, and these up to the present time are called his angels.
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We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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I live in Canada in the summer and some time in the fall.
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Anyone who thinks Peter Jackson would fall for market forces around him rather than artistic integrity doesn't know the guy or the body of his work.
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It's all in how you look at your life, because no one has a wonderful life. But you can make it what you want it to be.
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I have a saying: I try to make the world smaller by making the party bigger.
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I sort of fall in love with every character I do; you have to understand how they became what they've become, whether they're the ugly kind or the very beautiful kinds of characters.
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Consider this: I can go to Antarctica and get cash from an ATM without a glitch, but should I fall ill during my travels, a hospital there could not access my medical records or know what medications I am on.
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If there's one thing any mom should have for fall, it's a peplum top.
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The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation.
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When I returned to the United States after three years of World War II service, my total assets consisted of one wife, one small daughter, $276 in the bank, and an idea. The idea was for an export business to supply items badly needed everywhere in Europe.
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I came up during the 'Star Wars' generation and that was sort of the thing I plugged into much more. It was a little before my time and I think it was sort of grappling with these intellectual ideas that were a little advanced for my young mind. At the time. But now I have a much deeper appreciation for it.
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The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
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If I wasn't acting, I'd be teaching acting. That would be my easiest thing to fall back on is teaching it.
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If we knew exactly what animal life was like before the fall into sin and knew what nature was like before the law of entropy invaded it, we would already be living in heaven.
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Historically, there hasn't been a significant correlation between gold prices and U.S. elections. Furthermore, history has shown that gold prices tend to fall just before U.S. elections and rise immediately after, and this goes on until the next election.
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The chips fall into place, but the educational experience I had at Cal, second to none.
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I'm not really a girlie. I can be once in a while, but then I tend to fall off the heels.
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The most important factor in determining whether you will succeed isn't your gender - it's you.
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I want to fire the whole lot. Instantly. Out, out. No 'District' commands, no golden bowlers, nothing. Out … If I could, I'd do what Stalin did to Tukhachevsky.
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Whether you agree with me or disagree with me; like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British nation.
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You have to be able to toss the thing out. You can't fall in love with your characters, and you have to know when to fight - and when to quit.
