James Mill Quotes
It cannot be precisely known how any thing is good or bad, till it is precisely known what it is.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
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I don't hit it very far; I don't overpower a golf course, but I think I'm a pretty decent putter. At Augusta National, putting is premium.
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Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.
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There's nothing I would love more than to host an awards show where I'm nominated for an award - that is so funny to me.
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When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
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If an alien with an accounting degree touched down in America, it might conclude that we're a weird cult that spends 11 months living frugally and four crazy weeks buying tons of stuff we don't need. It wouldn't be entirely wrong, either.
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Lady Diana Spencer looked to relatively unknown designers - David and Elizabeth Emanuel, recently graduated from the Royal College of Art - when she wed Prince Charles in 1981.
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I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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Coffee shops are everywhere, especially in Los Angeles, chock full of sad sacks desperate to make sure their screenplays make it into the right hands... or any hands, for that matter. The one thing that makes a coffee shop truly great, though, is charm.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
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Spam will be a thing of the past in two years' time.
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Of all the weapons in the Federal Reserve arsenal, words were the the most unpredictable in their consequences.
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It's a wonderful world. You can't go backwards. You're always moving forward. It's the wonderful part about life. And that's terrific.
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I think that's what all New Zealanders who are fair-minded want - a good chance for everybody to get ahead, whether it's education or housing.
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As long as a house is like yours, and as long as you work together with your brothers, not a house in the world will be able to compete with you, to cause you harm or to take advantage of you, for together you can undertake and perform more than any house in the world.
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It cannot be precisely known how any thing is good or bad, till it is precisely known what it is.
