James Thurber Quotes
I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
Quotes to Explore
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I personally enjoy theatre, but preferably I do films so that I can reach up to maximum audience. If you want to give a serious message, it will reach out to maximum people through films. But through theatre, you can hardly reach out to about 3,000 audience at a time.
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According to Teenage Research Unlimited, 51 percent of 13-15 year olds say they will be faced with making a decision regarding alcohol in the next three months.
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I am very different to how people think I am. It's the characters I play that they are responding to.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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If taxes are laid upon us in any shape without our having a legal representation where they are laid, are we not reduced from the character of free subjects to the miserable state of tributary slaves? We claim British rights not by charter only! We are born to them.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us... While what we call 'our own life' remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make 'our own life' less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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You've got to play every game until it's over. Baseball is a funny game, so you never know what's going to happen.
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I was always trying to get people to fix things that are wrong. Now, it was, 'How do I make things that are going good go better?
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As you learn who you are, you can better surround yourself with friends who make you a better person, and that sometimes only happens when you disassemble old relationships.
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I don't like people who get into fights about football - or anything else.
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I feel awful for women who are trying to raise kids on their own, with zero income and no fathers present - that's single motherhood.
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People are so complex and multidimensional that raising someone to 'hero' status is too great a simplification.
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Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave.
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Time has shown that Paradise is not cheap, and neither is Hell unnecessary.
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But basically what I like are the possibilities, and the fantasy element of the show. Not science fantasy so much, but fantasy, the humanistic elements and how people relate when they're in a dire situation or comedic situation.
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It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
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I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that.
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Now let me teach you another thing about my daughter. I love her very much but she has the ability to hide as expertly as a sock in a washing machine. No one knows where it goes, just as no one knows where she goes, but at least when she decides to come back, we're all here, waiting for her.
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The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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I loved being pregnant.
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I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
