James McBride Quotes
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country.
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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
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There's no way you can predict what is going to happen in six months or two years in most businesses, and certainly not for businesses that are growing at the rate that we have grown.
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Only when the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin.
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When an audience is affected in a way that I've seen with some people, it's so inspiring to me an actor. You know that you're on the right track and you're doing work that can affect people. When that goes hand-in-hand with important issues that we're still living with, and we will be for a long time, sadly, it's so confirming of everything.
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Too many actors get on an ego trip and won't do commercials, so they sit around for 20 years between jobs.
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As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
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I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.
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If I had my druthers, I would be a brain in a jar, with a burlap skirt around the cart I'm on - I don't attend to my physical being much.
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When you start a business, go for the lowest hanging fruit.
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No one ever chats me up; I think they all think I'm taken. Either that or no one fancies me.
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I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.
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I was working in Camden Lock market from the age of 13 to 16, and people often suggested that I should be a model. I knew a girl working on a stall who was with Take Two model agency, so I decided to go along, and they took me on.
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I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion.
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When I first ran for Congress in 1992, I campaigned on a pledge to make affordable, quality healthcare a right, not a privilege, for all Americans.
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I find a lot of things kind of funny and I often say what's on my mind, and then get nine texts from all my friends going, 'What's the matter with you?' But I haven't ever made a big attempt to have any particular image. And I don't really worry about it. If it's funny, I don't care.
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Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.
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The people who control culture in China have no culture.
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My name is Adam. My father's name is Adam. Having the same name as your father, it's alright until your voice changes. My friends would always call up, 'Is Adam there?' My father would say, 'This is Adam.' My friends would say, 'Adam, you were so wasted last night.'
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The fight against terror cannot stop as long as terrorism itself is not stopped, but the path of war must change: it must lead directly to terrorists and not be waged on the backs of three million Palestinians.
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In a way, I'm like Will Rogers, never having met a man I really disliked. I'm not a vamp. I just like men.
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I fell in love with it after going there on holiday when I was 16: we went on one of those red bus tours, and it goes past Juilliard, and I was like, 'I want to go there'.
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A daily dose of Nietzsche goes a long way.
