James McBride Quotes
I think what makes his story unique from others is there is not really one piece of American pop music you hear today that does not have some James Brown in it.
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I'm a New Yorker. My background is in theater, so staying here, I have the opportunity to get back to that, which I would love to do.
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I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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Corruption is everywhere. It's not just in the Congress. Corruption is not just your prerogative or mine.
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I graduated from UC San Diego, wanted to work in film to get my hands-on real experience, did music videos, TV, feature films, all kinds of stuff.
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The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.
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We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we live in an endangered world is present in more and more life situations.
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Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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I would think about the outcome. Visualize sometimes. Because it never comes out the way you want it to. Fight the way I know how to fight. Whatever comes up, comes up.
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I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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Pain is the mind. It's the thoughts of the mind. Then I get rid of the thoughts, and I get in my witness, which is down in my spiritual heart. The witness that witnesses being. Then those particular thoughts that are painful - love them. I love them to death!
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Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.
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Your mind, while blessed with permanent memory, is cursed with lousy recall. Written goals provide clarity. By documenting your dreams, you must think about the process of achieving them.
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I really practiced hard and got to a certain level of technical proficiency. I overcame some of my limitations. I was a hard-working, dedicated bassoonist, but I have to say I'm not a natural musician.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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There's no substitute for guts.
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One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.
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I think what makes his story unique from others is there is not really one piece of American pop music you hear today that does not have some James Brown in it.
