James T. Farrell Quotes
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It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
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I'm still somebody that listens to a lot of James Brown, a lot of The O'Jays, a lot of TLC... in that era, producers had more musicianship.
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I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: 'Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.'
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I grew up with my stepfather in Brighton, but I did spend a lot of time with my natural father, and I was loved by both, so I suppose the advantage of this was that I wasn't bound by one set of experiences; I always had an alternative.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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It's different from Liverpool. Boston seems to be a friendly place.
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I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
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In general, I'm rubbish in heels. I love them, and I own a lot because it's like being in a sweet shop: they're pretty. But I'm not good in them. I don't walk nicely in heels.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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I'm not a singer. In 'Bye Bye Birdie,' I think I was the sad girl who sits on the park bench during 'Put on a Happy Face.'
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I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
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If you're making comedies, they have to have a fun and a rhythm to them.
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Tech is all about building human connections.
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I've been asked to interview for many managing jobs, and I never said yes because I was never serious about it, and I thought it would be wrong to go through that process.
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God seeks to influence humanity. This is at the heart of the Christmas story. It is the story of light coming into the darkness, of a Savior to show us the way, of light overcoming the darkness, of God's work to save the world.
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Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
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I love Sunday-morning drives. I'll be up at 6 A.M., get a cup of coffee, and head out.
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We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.
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Dante once said that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
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The greatest human attainment in all the world is for a life to be so surrendered to Him that the name of God Almighty will be glorified through that life.
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You have all these song titles and song time, and you put it in a certain order, and you slap a cover on it. That's a record. That's how I've seen all my records.
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'The Young and the Restless' is my favorite television show.
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Neither man nor God is going to tell me what to write.
