James Salter Quotes
I've known the anxiety of being completely lost, flying at night. It can be extreme. You're travelling at close to five hundred miles an hour, and every minute that goes by takes you further into being lost unless you get help from ground radar somewhere or somehow figure out the error.
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We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
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When you've done a show that's as successful as 'Lovejoy' was, it hangs around for a few years, and people know you from it. I escaped the shadow when I stopped 'Lovejoy' by not doing any television for four years.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.
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Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect.
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Starting in the 1970s, American cars started to lose market share to foreign cars. It was clear what was happening - these better-made foreign car companies were encroaching on the U.S., and the U.S. car makers had less than half of their own country's market.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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I love to go to casinos with my wife. I play poker, and she's an old-fashioned slot queen. She even has a visor.
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I won't name any names, but I've done a couple of shows where once the pilot got picked up, the creators openly said, 'I have no idea where we're going.'
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Photography, painting or poetry – those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating.
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I think every business, really, has a unique reason for being, unique assets, unique attributes, a unique history. And that can be turned into a very attractive design story, essentially, that consumers can relate to.
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I got into DJing and making beats when I was about 17. I was always fascinated by the four elements of hip-hop: you know, writing, rhyming, breakdancing and graffiti.
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Well the basic thesis is that there's a god in heaven who is all powerful who wants to help people. And that - he will answer prayer, and does miraculous things in people's lives. And so I've documented some of these wonderful things.
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I've always wanted to be a singer.
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Impatience is a virtue.
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Most of the books that feature supernatural characters blending with the modern world and are usually set in big cities.
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A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst possible turn.
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Today, I don't even think that people like [James Baldwin] are possible. He would not have that much room.
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I'm glad that spending a night with me,Guaranteed you celebrity.
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I've known the anxiety of being completely lost, flying at night. It can be extreme. You're travelling at close to five hundred miles an hour, and every minute that goes by takes you further into being lost unless you get help from ground radar somewhere or somehow figure out the error.
