James Nesbitt Quotes
People don't watch TV only to relate to stuff. They also watch to find out about a world they can't relate to.
Quotes to Explore
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May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping.
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Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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I so never went through a bad-girl period.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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Jaipur, like Florence or Kyoto, other artisan-rich cities to which it roughly compares, has always been known for its craftsmanship.
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There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
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Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.
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I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
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There's a classic element that all good Disney movies have. It really comes down to the storytelling, I think. It manages to push all of these buttons inside of us; there's a sentimentality.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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Growing up, I wanted to be a musician. My mother, in typical Filipino-mom fashion, would always make me go up in front of people at parties to sing. Back then, as a kid, I was mortified. In retrospect, I see that doing that as a child helped me get over my fear of being in front of people.
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I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.
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Private education can give you confidence, which is marvellous; a sense of entitlement isn't.
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I was a waitress years ago when I was first trying to become an actress, waiting tables in New York City.
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If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to so so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.
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What is a child? Ignorance. What is a child? Want of instruction.
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Auditions are so much fun. A lot of people dread auditions; they think they have to do it in order to get the job. I don't really mind if I don't get the job, as long as I get to do something interesting in the audition. It makes me feel more creative as a person.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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People don't watch TV only to relate to stuff. They also watch to find out about a world they can't relate to.
