James Van Der Beek Quotes
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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I don't know how anyone could stop working.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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I was 19, and I thought I should settle down and get a real job, and what was I doing living this dream world?
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I was never taken to a play or concert or church. Yet I was a show-off, a dreamer, a storyteller.
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Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly.
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As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction.
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The danger in a brood mare band is that your mares become antiquated, and you wake up some day and realize that the average age of your band is 15 or 16 and that in another year they won't be producing offspring. I think the ideal average age for a brood mare band is about 10.
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Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.
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It is by suffering that human beings become angels.
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Well, I think again, the worst part of it was just leading up to it, before we got on set, at least for me... dreading this idea that I was just going to suck and I really had strong feelings about that. I just didn't want to be that weak link.
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At the end of the day, what would be a Canadian sensibility? Is it Michael Ondaatje? Alice Munro? Is Margaret Atwood more Canadian than Neil Bissoondath?
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I have a special ability to spot TV shows that don't go past two seasons; that's my gift.
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When I was working with David Cassidy at the Rio, I made an album of updated versions of some 1970s disco tunes. I had a blast.
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In New Classical theory, periods of declining employment - business cycle downturns - may be caused by an unexpected decline in aggregate demand, which leaves workers mistakenly holding out for nominal wages that exceed the new market-clearing level.
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Ultimately, I'd love to be able to work in film.
