James Stephens Quotes
A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.
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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
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When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping us glimpse the complexity behind the headlines.
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Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.
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I think 'The Color of Money' was very instrumental in opening up other opportunities. People started to recognize me as an artist after that film. And then, after I did 'Bird,' it was more solidified.
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I've always said that acting found me. I didn't really find it.
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I'm very strange, I'm not going to lie.
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For me, surfing is as close a connection I can have with Mother Nature. To surf, you're riding a pulse of energy from Mother Nature. And it's strong. It's real. It's there. And you're dancing with that. You're connecting with that. You're might be the only person in the history of the universe that connects with that particular pulse of energy.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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I think 'Caprica' is a little out of left field, which is kind of what I love about it. It's a little different. The first couple of episodes are really about wrapping your head around this world. I love 'Grey's Anatomy,' but I think it's the same kind of concept: You just get lost in this world, and you believe what they're setting up.
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One can never produce anything as terrible and impressive as one can awesomely hint about.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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Don't hate me for what tabloids write about me, because I guarantee it's a lie.
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A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
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I want to do that. That's my goal. I want to become a legend.
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I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
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I don't want to look back and say, 'Yeah, I was really successful, but I failed at fatherhood because I wasn't there.'
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Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
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I'm excellent at losing weight, but I've never been excellent at maintenance. I have some better days than others in terms of being hypervigilant, but with maintenance you don't know if you've been good at it until you're done.
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I'm not really a fugitive.
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The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.
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People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
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I was thinking of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and when I was thinking "Uptown Girl!" I was trying to sing like Frankie Valli. They had a song called "Ragdoll," which was about a poor girl and a rich guy. So I just flipped it around and made it about a rich girl and a poor guy.
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A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.
