James Stephens Quotes
Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.
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People are fed up with the career politicians who created this mess or failed to prevent it and neither was acceptable, and the only way we could change that was by sending a different type of person to Washington.
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I know it sounds strange, but I'm one of those people who goes to a coffee shop to drink coffee.
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I think you just have to accept the fact that no one lives forever, and eventually things are going to come to an end, whether it's a TV show or life.
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Travel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy.
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I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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Social change isn't something you should do just to help pad a resume. Follow your passion.
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You do what is manageable, and you do it well rather than trying to do a thousand things just a little bit OK.
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I was only 23 and just out of college when I filmed 'Casualty' and so nervous, but it was brilliant fun. I was really lucky, and it really helped my career.
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Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.
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The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular.
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Our boundaries have dissolved, and we're going to still do things that are somewhat familiar that people like, but we're also going to stretch out and take chances beyond what we've done before.
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The thing that I love about 'Scandal' is every character, it's not clear if they're good or bad. Everyone is both good and bad.
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It's a trap I've fallen into earlier in my career - trying to be liked. Don't do it. When I watch TV and I see someone trying to make me like them, acting cute or quirky or goofy, I'm not impressed. Don't act like America's watching you. Just latch onto your character. Characters are flawed. Be unlikeable. Be flawed. Be a person.
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I never thought I was going to leave the trap. I even told my mother, 'I'm gonna be the trap God.'
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You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.
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And it's a lot harder to hide with four musicians than it is with eight.
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I think being an Asian woman has been more of an advantage than a disadvantage. It helps me stand out from the rest of the entertainers out there. Again, being from such an ethnically diverse place like New York, you get comfortable and confident with being different!
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I feel like I'm put in a position where I have to engage with what people bring to my work, which is an expectation for me to talk about race because it's not normal for a black writer to be writing in the theatre.
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If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
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Peace and war begin at home. If we truly want peace in the world, let us begin by loving one another in our own families. If we want to spread joy, we need for every family to have joy.
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We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.
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We have got to keep the momentum going in order to achieve all of our objectives.
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Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.
