James R. Thompson Quotes
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn.
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Television can be a little tricky in terms of finding roles that feel fully flushed out, which is why I love being in the theater so much, because the roles tend to be really on the page.
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For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
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To be honest, I wasn't a sci-fi geek at all. But I do love a good sci-fi film, especially one that can really take you away. And I read some reality-bending novels growing up, like stuff by Vonngeut, so I already had one part my brain open to the unnatural and unusual, and it's generally fun to venture into that world and film in it.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
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I have a little basement studio set up here at my house, and I do probably 80 percent of the recording here on my own. With multi-tracking technology, I can play various parts on top of one another.
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It's been amazing how this crazy career has been created. I feel that it's been given to me. I wouldn't be anywhere without Victoria's Secret.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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I don't believe in having spaces in the home that don't get used. We pay so much for square footage that to waste it is criminal.
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The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long.
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I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.
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One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.
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I keep trying to find ways to shift the viewer's attention away from the object they are looking at and toward their own perceptual process in relation to that object. The question for me always is: how can I make you aware of your own activity of looking, instead of losing your attention to thoughts about what it is that you are looking at?
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The plots of God are perfect. The Universe is a plot of God.
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Johnny Cash has only passed into the greater light. He will only become more important in this industry as time goes by.
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You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.
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Writing to you like this makes me feel that you are still alive. It’s an illusion I’ve noticed before—words on a page are like oxygen to a petrol engine, firing up ghosts. It lasts only while the words are in your head. After you put down the paper or the pen, the pistons fall lifeless again.
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An important part of what the state does is preserving its history.
