James McBride Quotes
I'd like to do something involving jazz. But books are how I earn my living, and I'd like to stay with the horse I rode in on.
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I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.
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Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do - at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey - but this is the one that's a big deal.
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I used to live on a reserve, but I went back and forth between my reserve and Ottawa where my father lived, so I kind of had a double life growing up.
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In an art school it's very hard to tell who is the best.
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It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before.
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I'm in a monogamous relationship and very happy.
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I don't recall ever desiring to go as fast as possible.
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The only model to follow is pure Islam.
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Nobody wants to see a half-finished Vine.
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It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.
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When a person tests positive for HIV, it is not a test for the virus itself but for antibodies to the virus, and the test is not able to distinguish between HIV antibodies and a multitude of other antibodies. Many conditions can lead to a false positive result, including flu shots, hepatitis, and pregnancy.
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I am somebody who is constantly hungry to nibble on something.
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When you go on an audition it's very frightening.
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Twenty years of votes can tell you much more about a man than twenty weeks of campaign rhetoric. Campaign talk tells people who you want them to think you are. How you vote tells people who you really are deep inside.
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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The crazy thing is a lot of people - a lot of men, if I'm just speaking for myself - don't really start thinking about the effect of hyper-masculinity and false definitions of what it means to be a man until you get married or until you have kids. Because then, all of sudden, you have something to protect.
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I've been a fan for a long time, and it's a reason I wanted to be a part of it. Now I'm able to do the 'Robotech' movie, and it's something I grew up watching. To actually be on 'Robotech' was really an experience.
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I am insulted by the persistent asertion that I want war. Am I a fool? War! It would settle nothing.
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Edwina always enjoyed a morning ride. Some mornings she rode the horse, and some mornings she rode the groom.
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I was told I make intelligent comics, and then I made a comic about a horse that pooped.
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How are we going to make painters by lecturing to them? We are going to make questioners, doubters, and talkers. We are going to make painters by painting ourselves, and by showing the paintings of others. By working frankly from our convictions, we are going to make them work frankly from theirs.
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Fate is an obligation I don't understand - the reasons that random beast passed over her deserving soul in favor of mine.
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I'd like to do something involving jazz. But books are how I earn my living, and I'd like to stay with the horse I rode in on.
