James W. Black Quotes
I met Hilary Vaughan at a Student Ball in 1944 and we married in the summer of 1946, as soon as I graduated.
Quotes to Explore
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The world is always in movement.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas Moscow was dark and oppressive.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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All companies that grow really big do so in only one way: people recommend the product or service to other people.
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
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People often ask me whether I believe in God. I haven't seen God. But I think that one's beliefs are one's God - and, in those terms, yes, God is there.
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On privacy issues, it's just like hundreds of years ago when people said, 'I would rather put my money under my pillow than in a bank.' But today, banks know how to protect money much better than you do. Today, we may not have the answers to privacy issues, but I believe our young people will come up with the solutions.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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From caring comes courage.
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Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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I am lucky enough to be married to a personal trainer. He's able to whip me into shape pretty quickly.
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It's no secret that I wear a kippa.
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I lived around the corner from Saul Bellow.
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A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.
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That's why teenagers fascinate me – they're like children with drivers' licenses. Like children in that their impulses are so direct.
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I once had a friend who did the hair for sci-fi movies, and after a particularly bad break-up I stupidly went to her salon and told her she could do anything she liked. She dyed the bottom cherry red and the top peroxide blonde.
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As far as I was concerned the important thing was that the music was getting the attention as well as me so it was always a great way to get more of the public to connect with classical music, and opera particularly.
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If a project has not achieved a system architecture, including its rationale, the project should not proceed to full-scale system development. Specifying the architecture as a deliverable enables its use throughout the development and maintenance process.
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Being a songwriter, my job is just to write songs for people. I'm not attached to them.
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I read a lot of scripts, and there's a lot of good writing and a lot of OK writing and a lot of crappy writing. And even with the really good writing, it doesn't necessarily speak to me.
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I met Hilary Vaughan at a Student Ball in 1944 and we married in the summer of 1946, as soon as I graduated.
