James Thurber Quotes
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When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it.
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I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
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People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
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My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
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You can learn from anyone even your enemy.
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The Second Amendment is an integral part of the Bill of Rights.
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Probably the only type of cosmetic surgery I'd consider is having my bust reduced. It's alright for my current role in 'The Marquise' because it's a costume drama, which means boned corsets and a bit of cleavage, but it's a drag otherwise.
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I love the novels of Didion and Bret Ellis and consider them L.A. writers because they write about L.A.
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If what I read doesn't reflect my life - whether I'm gay or Latino or on welfare - doesn't that really mean that my life is not valuable?
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The American free market system is the greatest engine for prosperity and opportunity that the world has ever seen. Freedom works.
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The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one.
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I tend to opt for relaxed family holidays when I can.
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I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.
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I got a lot of problems, but I'm really good at intuiting what I need to do to be happy with whatever I create. I know when to stop myself, I know when to start, I know when to leave something alone. I guess I just kind of indulge that completely, and so I just take my time.
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When I was in Denver, guys came into the team, and we started at a pretty high level.
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I think of myself as an actor and not a movie star. I like doing movies; I enjoy it. But, essentially, I'm a theater actor. That's the only place I feel like I actually am a star. In the theater, I can put people in the seats and sell tickets.
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I could put you in a condo, all the way up in Toronto
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Science is what we know, and philosophy is what we don't know.
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I'm healthy, I have beautiful children and a beautiful life. I don't want to go toward negative stuff because I'm scared.
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AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' is the greatest meshing of vocal, guitar, and content I've ever heard. That's what I aspire to.
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I believe I've got to speak up for my people.
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Most of us fall in love with someone's persona and spend the next three to five years discovering who that person really is. If you can stay connected through that process of raw vulnerability, I think you have a shot at the prize of knowing and accepting another human being for who and what they really are after years of highs and lows.
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I don't really care about plot; I want to have a page-turner in a different kind of way.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
