James McBride Quotes
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I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.
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I try not to look back on my life and be regretful.
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People always ask me if I'm nervous about the intense sci-fi fans. To me that doesn't seem weird or scary. I get really intense about my favorite sci-fi shows, my favorite shows in general.
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I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am.
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Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
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Change is the one thing we can be sure of.
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Leadership - mobilization toward a common goal.
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Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.
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I literally in the New York flea market - just when I was despairing of ever having a great serendipitous find - found a 1926 Chanel.
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I'm too shy to express my sexual needs except over the phone to people I don't know.
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I think I was a decent actor, but it took a lot of work for me to make a choice on how to read a line.
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When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.
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There comes a time when what is needed is not just rhetoric, but boots on the ground.
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Belushi was one of my very first heroes. At a time when film, television, and music were undergoing tectonic shifts within American culture, he was at the center of it all. At that moment, he had the number one show on television, the number one film at the box office, and the number one record on the charts.
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I will defend and enforce the laws of our country to ensure that our people and our nation are protected.
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I'm not a big fan of Putin. I'm not a big fan of Russia.
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It just so happens that my oldest and best friend is Bob James, the Grammy-winning great jazz pianist!
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I'm a little bit of a hippie at heart, so I always wear things that are comfortable and flowing.
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I learned at an early stage that the most important thing I could do for my players was to give them the tools necessary to beat their opponent.
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Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.
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We're a nation of celebrity and hero worshipers, so much so that we make heroes out of those who aren't, such as John Wayne: a patriotic, red-blooded, two-fisted American who spent the Second World War in the trenches on the movie lots of Hollywood.
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The celebrity aspect is nothing short of ridiculous, and auditioning is brutal and dehumanizing. Every time I see a pretty young girl on the subway reading sides for an audition, my only thought is, 'Man, am I glad I'm not doing that anymore.' I never feel nostalgia, just relief.
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I can't be a creative person if I'm a celebrity.
