James Stockdale Quotes
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And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage. If I'm away for a maximum of two years, I feel something's wrong.
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I think any form of self-expression is half confidence, half sheer hard work and, maybe, a bit of talent thrown in.
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A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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I feel like you are doing better for the world if you're honoring you because everything is getting the authentic you.
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A lot can be said with just a look, or the way the body moves. Each song is a different character. So each song takes on a different movement of the body. And the body has to go with the subject and the attitude that you have toward that subject.
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I can knit quite well. I make really long scarves.
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I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis.
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Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
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It is our job, as members of parliament, to legislate with an eye to the long term future, to look over the horizon beyond the next election and ensure that as far as we can what we do today will make Australia a better place, a safer place, for future generations to live in.
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The American dream comes from opportunity. The opportunity comes from our founding principles, our core values that's held together and protected by the Constitution. Those ideas are neither Republican, Democrat, conservative, liberal, white, or black. Those are American ideologies.
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If you want to be loved, be lovable.
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My books start almost before I realise it. Once in a while, some accident causes an idea to rise to the surface and say: 'now.'
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I didn't have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power.
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It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.
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I always knew I wanted to work in entertainment, but I actually really wanted to be a singer more than an actress.
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As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration.
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Even though the National Guard and Army Reserve see combat today, it rankles me that people assume it was some kind of waltz in the park back then.
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I really do believe there are things passed down. Behaviour, not just DNA. Psychological make-up. You can see it in dogs. If you want to breed a calm dog, don't get two fighters.
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Wherever you go, there are three icons that everyone knows: Jesus Christ, Pele and Coca-Cola.
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Teenagers have no advocate. I think any other minority so maligned by Hollywood would have pickets around the theater saying, 'We are not just idiots.'
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The implication of AKC registration is that a dog who has it is better than a dog who hasn't.
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I wish to walk in such a line as will give most general satisfaction.
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Nothing matters for a drastic change in Ukraine more than political transformations.
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I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, F-8 Crusaders.
