James Thurber Quotes
My drawings have been described as pre-intentionalist, meaning that they were finished before the ideas for them had occurred to me. I shall not argue the point.
Quotes to Explore
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To even get to the Olympics, I have to qualify for the 2013 World Championships and the standard is high. I know I am always going to be a few points behind the top guys.
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There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.
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The two centre-backs, Rob Huth and Wes Morgan, are in many ways journeyman pros, but they have that wonderful attitude and never-say-die spirit that has culminated in them being top of the league.
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When you assume negative intent, you're angry. If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed. Your emotional quotient goes up because you are no longer almost random in your response.
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A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
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Is it really true that religion makes people more kindly, generous, or loving? History tends to disprove this. The worst wars, the most vicious Inquisitions, the cruelest pogroms and persecutions, were both fomented and supported by religion.
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My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.
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You need to have extraordinary wisdom to be the forerunner.
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We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children.
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And then we watched an amazing number of movies from the late '60s and '70s, which is my favorite time, and we studied their camera movements, their stocks, the way they lit stuff, the colors they used.
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I hardly ever watch the news... I love reading newspapers, but I know they're dying out.
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If youre in an awkward position, feel comfortable enough to walk away.
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I am an ambitious person, but I am not ambitious in the sense that I want jobs only for the sake of them... I am here to do things I think are worthwhile. I am always careful that the political positions I take are consistent with good policy. I would not want to be prime minister of Australia at any price.
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My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.
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When you produce an album, you're dealing with it theatrically. It has to have a structure, and the inner response to that is that the ear loves it.
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Remember, when God is executing His plan in our lives, He also designs and arranges events which continue to unfold until His purpose is revealed.
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Always remember, money isn't everything - but also remember to make a lot of it before talking such fool nonsense.
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In Cornwall, it is quite possible to take a stride from the richest vegetation into the abomination of desolation. It has been said in mockery that Cornwall does not grow wood enough to make coffins for the people.
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I was born in a suburb of Paris, and I grew up there until I was 16, so there were always a lot of barbecues, a garden, friends.
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I like to look good. I'm well-respected, and I demand that - and I don't mind showin' off!
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Some people have just got a capacity for creativity that's unbelievable!
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History is about loops and continuums.
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My drawings have been described as pre-intentionalist, meaning that they were finished before the ideas for them had occurred to me. I shall not argue the point.
