James McBride Quotes
The whole notion of owning a person is so ludicrous, there's plenty of room to make fun.
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To steal a term from one of my Twitter followers, 'Deathlok' is the 'anti-villain.' He's on the side of the bad guys, but he obviously doesn't want to be there.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.
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The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
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Girls, to me, growing up were very, very petty and didn't want me to succeed and didn't want the best for me.
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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
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Jennifer Lawrence is just the coolest girl.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I wasn't an ardent fan. I didn't run home from school to watch it.
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The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.
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By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
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Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.
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I don't recognize my former self. Like I'm on the outside looking in at my life. Who is that guy?
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I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.
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I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.
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There's so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they're sung.
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It's the story of New York. Storefronts change and languages change, but at the end of the day, people come here to find opportunity like my family did.
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I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.
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I read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books.
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I like to spread myself out. Since I was a kid, I always recognized some void.
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I like to do everything myself - I'm very hands-on with my housekeeping, my children, travelling, how I do things.
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The whole notion of owning a person is so ludicrous, there's plenty of room to make fun.
