James P. Carse Quotes
In an encounter with divine reality, we do not hear a voice but acquire a voice, and the voice we acquire is our own.
Quotes to Explore
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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I so never went through a bad-girl period.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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Wittiness turns me on more than anything else.
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I don't understand why people make me want to make music that's a join-the-dots thing by numbers. I find it really difficult when people say, 'Aw, you should have made a really big hip hop record, that would have been really good for you' or, 'You should have made a song like Lily Allen, that would have been so great.'
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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It's nice, because after you've worked with various directors and producers enough times, they start to know your voice and what you're capable of.
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Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
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I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play.
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The Barenboim Foundation has nothing to do with politics.
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There's something about having a great bottle of wine and a great cigar. Nothing compares to it.
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When you play a character, there are choices you have to make about the past, the present, the future, etc. You have to make those choices on your own a lot.
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I don't really get stuck in a time warp where, if my film is a success, I have to keep partying till the next one releases, or if my film is a flop, I keep wallowing in sorrow until the next comes my way. My hard work in each film is always there.
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I have a satellite radio show called 'The Legends of Reggae.' It's a cool way to branch out and do other things. I'm paying respect to the legends of reggae.
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I really do think that getting the golden ticket for 'American Idol,' it's just the start of something really great.
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I studied at UC Santa Cruz before going on to do a grad program at UCLA. Santa Cruz was like an awesome hippie summer camp. I got to take a vacation from reality and hang out on beaches and in forests.
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The idea of having dreams that don't come true is really terrifying.
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The irony is that what was supposed to be a great vulnerability of Hillary Clinton , which the Iraq war vote which she has acknowledged was a terrible mistake, has lent an aura of strength in a funny way.
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Doubt is important because it suggests progress. Total certainty can mean there's no assessment of things. Doubt, if you don't panic, can allow newness to come in and challenge something that's an established mode.
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We are kind of in a false reality here, playing football.
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So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially.
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In an encounter with divine reality, we do not hear a voice but acquire a voice, and the voice we acquire is our own.
