James McCartney Quotes
I'm naturally guarded because of the way I was brought up. But I understand people are interested in who I am.
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I don't know if I'm selfless - I still want to make a great record. I want to make a hit record. I want to tour; that's not completely selfless. But the truth is I'm not interested in people coming to my show for me as much as I am for them coming to my show for themselves. That's always been how I am.
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I started as a teenager going up on commercials.
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It is time Australian Muslims stop being treated as negotiable citizens in their own country. It is time people stop 'tolerating' us, presuming some right to decide if we have a place in our own home.
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We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.
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I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was.
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I don't feel proprietary, but I do feel there is a human identity to the borough of Hackney that's quite peculiar. It was always bloody-minded and difficult; it always stood up to central government.
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Everybody has this sack they're carrying. Some are heavier. Some are lighter. But no one doesn't have it. And if you think someone doesn't have it, they have a bigger one than you imagine.
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The consumerist culture insists that swearing eternal loyalty to anything and anybody is imprudent, since in this world new glittering opportunities crop up daily.
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Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think.
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I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realise that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.
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The climate at country radio is very, 'Let's keep it up-tempo,' probably best if you're a guy.
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I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.
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Life is challenging but I'm always up for a challenge.
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We have people around the world who live in the United States, and these people don't deserve to be called traitors.
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In L.A., it's easy to get wrapped up in this young Hollywood mess. You feel like you have to go out every night. You have to realize that you're here to work. I didn't move out here to party all the time.
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One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.
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My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up.
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I don't attempt to make people uncomfortable; I think that my standards in terms of art and journalism always have necessitated my discomfort.
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I think a lot of people are capitalizing, perhaps exploiting, what was done via me, my family, my administration.
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I read my Bible and I pray and all of that. I really do. But at the same time, I don't think being gay is a sin. Period.
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'To be merely good enough is to never succeed.'
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Being a Lions fan is like being a Cubs fan: you just have to keep going. You don't have a choice. You can't give up, because one day, when it happens - and I believe it'll happen - then you can really savor it because you were there in the doldrums, and you get to be there in the victory.
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I look back on some of my outfits, and I'm like: 'Why did I wear that? Where are my friends and why didn't they tell me not to leave the house?' If they had, I probably would've said, 'You don't know what you're talking about. This looks amazing.'
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I'm naturally guarded because of the way I was brought up. But I understand people are interested in who I am.
