James Mercer Quotes
Meeting Perry Farrel was kind of cool. He's such an icon, and I was such a fan of Jane's Addiction.
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I am who I am.
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Every single person suffers; every marriage has some major battles. Life pulls you in different directions. But if you try, and you're lucky, you can find your way back to each other.
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I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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On my show 'One on One', I interview leaders from around the world - in politics, business, art. My other show, 'Her Village', is more like 'The View'.
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Our rights are interconnected and inseparable. When freedom of expression is threatened, the rights to freedom of association and assembly, of thought, conscience and religion, are also compromised.
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If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.
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Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.
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Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
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I think I felt at some point that I couldn't understand poetry or that it was beyond me or it didn't speak to my experience. I think that was because I hadn't yet found the right poems to invite me in.
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America has much greatness left in her.
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At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers.
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Obviously, local elections are where you can make the most difference, but it's great when everyone starts talking about what they believe in.
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I just knew at an early time in my life how important privacy was.
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If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
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The village I come from is the most ruthless, lawless land one can encounter.
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No, I knew when I was doing theater in New York that this was what I was supposed to be doing.
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I think a lot of actors need validation. If you see truly amazing actors perform, they expose themselves to such an incredible degree. You can really see their pain.
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My door remains always open to all constituents to discuss matters of concern to them.
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My first two or three films, all I was trying to do was look cool. That's all I knew acting was.
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One of the great bands we opened up for was Priest back in '89. That was really great because at that time we had never met them, never toured with them before. They were a big influence on Slayer, so to open up for them was really cool.
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People recognize me all the time. I think it's really nice. I don't mind it at all. It feels kind of surreal when people know who you are and I think that it's really cool.
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Meeting Perry Farrel was kind of cool. He's such an icon, and I was such a fan of Jane's Addiction.
