James Nesbitt Quotes
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I think having a great idea is vastly overrated. I know it sounds kind of crazy and counterintuitive. I don't think it matters what the idea is, almost. You need great execution.
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I'm very comfortable being naked. It's one of my favorite things to do.
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With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine their attention to Wealth, and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue.
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I love helping friends, and I like to think I am a good listener and supportive. I'm also just kind of nosy, so it would satisfy my need to know other people's stories.
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I like to play guitar, jam out, play the blues, go watch movies. I love movies.
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The thing about Donald Trump, he is a different candidate.
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Writing blurbs for books means you have to read the book, and it cuts into the business of bookselling. So every time I get a blurb from a bookseller, I try to write a thank you note.
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The American War of Independence is the expulsion of the intrusive elements, alien to the American essence. If American reality is the reinvention of itself, whatever is found in any way irreducible or unassimilable is not American.
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My interest in architecture has always been sculptural. Most of my photography is of architecture.
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I'm not one for going out on the town on Friday night, as I've never been a big drinker, so I like getting the rubbish jobs out of the way so we can enjoy our free time.
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I haven't actually spoken to my parents since the hurricane.
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Often, when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first.
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Given the network-externality characteristic of international monetary arrangements, reforming them is necessarily a collective endeavor. But the multiplicity of countries creates negotiating costs.
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As quoted in 'Spoonful of Sugar : Natasha Lyonne’s Sweet Comeback' by Shira Levine, in Heeb Magazine (20 January 2009)
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Charles Darwin wrote a famous book in 18gibberish. And that book was an interesting book, cuz it was called 'Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-You'.
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Young Schopenhauer, a zealous and thorough-going Kantian, tried to explain that light would cease to exist along with the seeing eye. 'What!' he said, according to Schopenhauer's own report, 'looking at him with his Jove-like eyes,'-'You should rather say that you would not exist if the light could not see you?'
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You shouldn’t be looking for the secret to making people follow fads, you should be looking for the secret to making them think for themselves. Because that’s what science is all about.
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I succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking.
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In Western-style Communism we would have to create an almost imaginary workers' image of themselves as the father-figure.
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The California Science Center is a cornerstone in California's push to educate and encourage students to reach their full potential and to pursue careers in science and engineering.
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I believe the gift of acting is a gift from God, my oath to God, and I want to make sure on a daily basis that it is honed and deeply spiritual... I want to believe that the audience believes that my acting comes from this special place.
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You know, as a woman, it is tough to get to the top - like to get to that respected level in this industry - in any industry, I think.
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Producers get very jittery about things.
