James Otis Quotes
I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial; but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far I can reduce to practice principles which I know to be founded in truth.
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I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer.
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We did a lot of high school productions. My first was 'Twelfth Night.' I played Viola. We did 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'Taming of the Shrew,' and a lot of musicals: 'The Wiz,' 'Bye Bye Birdie,' 'Oliver.'
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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The media is an ally when it comes to showing the truth about terrorist groups. Attacking the media will not produce a more compliant citizenry. It will produce a more alienated, suspicious and disenfranchised public, one more likely to chafe under a government's attempts at control, all to the benefit of terrorist groups.
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Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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I was eight when I left Sarajevo, so I didn't really know very much about my culture and it was so important for me to go back to my roots and meet the people.
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'EastEnders' has been wonderful to me and it's no secret that it changed my life all of those years ago. I'll be so sad to leave Peggy behind; she's such a wonderful character to play. I have had the pleasure of working with a marvelous cast and crew and have made many lasting good friends.
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To have a sense of style, it shows you know yourself. People like that.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.
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I love New York. A part of me will always be here. What can I say.
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When you lose your freedom, you are alone with your emotions and reactions... you can see, for example, the bad reactions you have in front of others or the way you could be dismissive or harsh.
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The promise of any artwork is that it can hold us - viewer and maker - in a conflicted or contestable space, without real-world injury or loss.
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We must learn that competence is better than extravagance, that worth is better than wealth, that the golden calf we have worshiped has no more brains than that one of old which the Hebrews worshiped. So beware of money and of money's worth as the supreme passion of the mind. Beware of the craving for enormous acquisition.
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The frustration for a parent is that you might be available all the time, but the kid may approach you only about 10% of the time.
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He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.
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All empire is no more than power in trust.
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Man's needs are infinite, and infinitude can be achieved only in the spiritual realm, never in the material.
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I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial; but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far I can reduce to practice principles which I know to be founded in truth.
