James Shirley Quotes
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I think in a play it's wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.
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I know there is something out there, and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad. But I'm not like Shirley MacLaine, who probably believes we were past lovers in another life.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun. My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what's me.
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My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions.
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How does one get bored of life?
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I like to laugh and make people have fun.
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Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.
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Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.
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I'm like the wine. The older I get, the better I get.
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If you like gold, there are many reasons you should like Bitcoin.
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To hear the appreciation, the screams - that's what any of us need. We're at our best when we're wanted.
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Too often, animal-rights supporters seem to care about animals to the exclusion of people.
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The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes - or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two - is gone.
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After that I won a prize, I was with a group of ancient music of Spain that they helped me a lot with a grant, you see, during three years. And so I made my debut in 1944 and I found myself helping my family, it was a very poor family.
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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
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I think if people were to look at badminton and tennis, they'd see they're actually very similar; the profile would increase, and we might be in a better position as a sport.
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They say that women dress for other women, but I don't think that's entirely true. If we want to look flossy out-and-about on a Friday night, we're dressing for the boys - and it's nice when they notice.
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Sometimes I hate a shoe in seconds.
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You don't know fear until it's 7 A.M. and freezing cold on live television, and you're not sure if Justin Bieber is going to kiss you or not.
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Between the ages of six and nine, my palette was taking shape as well as my identity as a chef. It was then that I learned the difference between salty, sweet, sour and even spicy.
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Everything I buy is vintage and smells funny. Maybe that's why I don't have a boyfriend.
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Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.
