James T. Farrell Quotes
The danger of censorship in cultural media increases in proportion to the degree to which one approaches the winning of a mass audience.
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Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.
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Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago.
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I have such a dancer's spirit that I tend to leap around the house. Once I leaped onto my bed and landed on the floor. But I danced more for myself than I did for other people.
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It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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I don't care who's on the label, because I have a job to do.
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I take four planes a week, honestly. You know, I am for intelligence screening.
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I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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It's kind of fun to be sexy.
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It feels like a simple human right to be able to be yourself, and yet, what trans people have to go through in order to get to there, it can be so complicated.
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We know that Texas is more than a state. Texas has always been a promise. The promise that where you start has nothing to do with how far you can come.
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I usually get up between 7 A.M. and 8 A.M., have coffee, and go right to work. It's really important not to get sidetracked in the morning so I'm still in that dreamy state for my writing.
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I have a shallow understanding of what it means to be alive, and I know certain things about parenting and being a wife and doing the school run. I know little bits, but I'm really a paddler on a beach.
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I really woke up one morning and said, you know, 'I haven't seen a good film about the American Revolution. And all the ones I have seen haven't been successful, but I'm going to make a successful one.' Well, I wasn't able to do that.
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No organization should be allowed near disaster unless they are willing to cooperate with some level of established leadership.
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When people speak of creating superhumanly intelligent beings, they are usually imagining an AI project.
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People love talking about the banality of evil and the fact that ordinary people do bad things. I actually want to stay away from that.
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A writers' ring is where a group of four or five authors agree to promote each other's work on their own websites and via their social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter.
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The danger I faced was not accepted as reasonable grounds for deferring my tax payments, as authorities, who despite being told all of this, still chose to pursue action against me, as opposed to finding an alternative solution.
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Almost halfway down the aisle, she saw someone she wasn't expecting, and she almost stumbled on her satin heels. Kingsley Martin stood at the end of a pew, his arms crossed. He was wearing a tuxedo as well. Just like any other guest. What was he doing here? He was supposed to be in Paris! He was supposed to be gone! He looked directly at Mimi. She heard his voice loud and clear in her head. Leave him. Why should I? What do you promise me? Nothing. And everything. A life of danger and adventure. A chance to be yourself. Leave him. Come with me.
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All our first movements are good, generous, heroical; reflection weakens and kills them.
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The danger of censorship in cultural media increases in proportion to the degree to which one approaches the winning of a mass audience.
