James Payn Quotes
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It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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There are, essentially, as many opinions on marriage as there are people in the world.
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Every drama requires a cast. The cast may be so huge, as in Leo Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina,' that the author or editor provides a list of characters to keep them straight. Or it may be an intimate cast of two.
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I was working at the NSA. I don't know, I was just bored. I just knew that's not what I was supposed to be doing with my life.
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I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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The Indian market is potentially the largest market in the world with the leadership at both central and state level focused on leapfrogging into the future.
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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
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Every single figure on Mount Rushmore was a third party at one time or another, so third parties become major parties, and I think that the Libertarian Party may become my major party.
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I have this concept that I call 'Combo Meals.' The idea is that I start with the kids' meal and then add a few more ingredients, and it becomes the adult meal. This way I'm not making two entirely separate dishes. I'm just simply adding on to what I'm already making.
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What I wanted to do was use literature and different kinds of stories and poems as a springboard, tapping into the creativity of our teens - I wanted teenagers to come up with their own creative responses to literature - using books themselves as a starting point.
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Seeing myself on the screen makes me cringe. I understand that I am that way - pouty.
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To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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The older you get the stronger the wind gets and it's always in your face.
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I hate birthdays.
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I was always interested in film, but I never knew how to go about becoming a filmmaker.
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My mom got me into some commercials, and I basically, I guess, just got out of my shell I was in at the time because I can't remember. I've just been blessed ever since.
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Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
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Il est dans la nature humaine de penser sagement et d'agir d'une façon absurde.
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I hated being a novelist when I was 20 - I had nothing to write about.
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Interesting things come your way but as you get older, your lifestyle changes. I don't want to travel; I don't want to be in a hotel room away from my family.
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Nature of course is the best guide in the matter of choosing a pursuit.