James Mercer Quotes
The fact that I'm often pushing my voice as hard as I can is from playing in nightclubs in Albuquerque where you don't have a good sound system.
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The reality is we talk a lot about it, but we really don't give everyone an opportunity to buy into it, and this combines both the best of Republican and Democratic ideals.
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For the first time I go to La Scala, for each thing, for each rehearsal, my knees were shaking. But the audience was very fine with me.
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What I like about Oxford is how small it is; it's really more of a big town than a city.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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I don't know about whether I thought I would make it this big.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed.
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I don't laugh out loud at comics a lot.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
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I love the game of hockey. I love being part of it. I think I know a lot about the game.
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How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child.
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I saw Damien Rice in Dublin when I was 13, and that inspired me to want to pursue being a songwriter... I practised relentlessly and started recording my own EPs. At 16, I moved to London and played any gigs I could, selling CDs from my rucksack to fund recording the next, and it snowballed from there.
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People lose it when I say this, but I'm a novelist who doesn't read novels. There are lots of good reasons for not reading novels! I'm also a game writer who doesn't play games - I keep everything very separate. The only crossover with me is comics. I write them, and I read them passionately.
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It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
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Nature hates calculators.
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Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.
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And that's where the whole trouble is. We're too much alike to understand each other because we don't even understand our own selves.
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Youth theatre isn't just about a precocious child that wants to sing and dance in front of people. It's for everyone; it's about a community, it's about being supported by your peer group. You learn skills - not just acting but all the other sides - working in the TV, film, and theatre industry.
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I would love to spend more time in Britain one day. In my heart, I still feel that I'm English, and when I think of home, I think of England.
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To be fair, I don't think it's a plague to say I have the misfortune of making movies for a living.
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My 4-year-old son prays every night for his best friend who is the same age - our next door neighbor in Liberia, a little Liberian boy: 'Dear God, please don't let him get Ebola.' I'm proud of him for thinking about his friend and praying for him but that's not a prayer that a 4-year-old should have to consider.
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The fact that I'm often pushing my voice as hard as I can is from playing in nightclubs in Albuquerque where you don't have a good sound system.
