James Payn Quotes
Some Critics on the Hearth are not only good-natured, but have rather too high, or, if that is impossible, let us say too pronounced, an opinion of the abilities of their literary friends.
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Law gave me some structure... all these rules and internal disciplines.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.
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Today, for the first time - and the Obama campaign showed us this - we can go from the digital world, from the self-organizing power of networks, to the physical one.
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The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.
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I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.
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A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.
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Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.
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We are God's creation, and we have a responsibility to keep ourselves at our best.
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I went from being a jock to a hippie. It was a very clear-cut decision. I had to be one or the other. I had to forsake that other aspect of myself. Or thought that I had to, which is regrettable. Quickly, I was back in the pine trees with the hippies, listening to my Jimi Hendrix and my Janis Joplin and turning on, tuning in, and dropping out.
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Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai.
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I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know.
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In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
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I grew up in a little funny town called Xuzhou, in the countryside, very poor. We didn't have hot water. We were four children: three girls and a boy.
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Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.
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I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions.
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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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I've been able to sell a number of pilots. Most have been based on my personal experience, so basically, my pitches have been like 'Sit-'n-Spin' pieces.
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I would like to get another job in London or tour there. I miss my friends.
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If there is time to reflect, slowing down is likely to be a good idea.
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It doesn't do any good to just be on the side of black people. The funnier comedic position is to be on the side of oppressed people in general.
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I dress for men.
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I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt.
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Some Critics on the Hearth are not only good-natured, but have rather too high, or, if that is impossible, let us say too pronounced, an opinion of the abilities of their literary friends.
