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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The idea is a straightforward one. We provide an account for every newborn in America, a $500 account.
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I just want to have fun.
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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 was raised playing music in coffeehouses and I feel that was the foundation for my career. I think it is important that we remember where we came from.
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From my perspective, probably women are won over by people who are sweet and respectful and courteous and kind and funny. I think those are the things that win women over.
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A soldier has one item that cannot be neglected. His feet. They are his wheels, his mechanised warfare.
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It is no common mortal who speaks to us in this music.
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Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.
