James St. James Quotes
I think that when you are a teenager, it's the smartest you will ever be in your life. Teenagers are so resilient and strong, it's just amazing.
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I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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If I had to study and work hard, it would have to have the reward of a lot of cash.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.
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The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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I have to make sure that I make good choices and that if I put my name on it, it's a high-quality endeavor and that I have time to be a human being.
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Most of the time, as a model, I feel like I'm just a doll. They control how I should move.
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A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am.
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The prevalence of mobile homes does not correspond with the prevalence of poverty, or with much of anything else. All that can be confidently said about America's mobile homes is that they are massed in places where you wouldn't want to be in one. Florida's mobile homes lie athwart the path of hurricanes. Georgia's are in the way of tornadoes.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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I remember the absolute, joyous freedom I felt when I first went to college: I had no bedtime, no curfew, no rules - I loved it. I was in charge. I couldn't believe I didn't have to answer to anyone.
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A gun is not an argument.
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I owe a debt to my country 800 times greater than I could ever repay.
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I'm an ordinary person under extraordinary circumstances.
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All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort - a sustained effort - to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings.
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I write from my knowledge not my lack, from my strength not my weakness. I am not interested if anyone knows whether or not I am familiar with big words, I am interested in trying to render big ideas in a simple way. I am interested in being understood not admired.
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I think that when you are a teenager, it's the smartest you will ever be in your life. Teenagers are so resilient and strong, it's just amazing.
