James Wan Quotes
There's something very cool about that indie spirit that I try to hang on to even now with the bigger films that I'm working on.
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We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights.
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I grew up as a country boy.
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I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.
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Acting is an escape from the boring person that I am in real life.
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The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
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On my show 'One on One', I interview leaders from around the world - in politics, business, art. My other show, 'Her Village', is more like 'The View'.
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Our rights are interconnected and inseparable. When freedom of expression is threatened, the rights to freedom of association and assembly, of thought, conscience and religion, are also compromised.
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Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.
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We were then satisfied that, with proper lubrication and better adjustments, a little more power could be expected. The completion of the motor according to drawing was, therefore, proceeded with at once.
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Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.
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You can cage the singer but not the song.
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People never think of entertainers as being human. When you walk out on stage, the audience think, 'Nothing can go wrong with them.' We get sick and we have headaches just like they do. When we are cut, we bleed.
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If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
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I love Disney. I know that some Disney stars want to break out of the Disney mold, but no, if they let me, I would work with Disney until I die.
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No, I knew when I was doing theater in New York that this was what I was supposed to be doing.
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If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace.
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I never, ever wanted to be the Rolling Stones. Bless their hearts, but I don't necessarily want to go on doing the same old thing for the next 10, 20 years... I could see how easy it is to get into that rut, the whole touring mindset.
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There's nothing like taking two flights when you have a horrible hangover. It's bad when people can see actual alcohol seeping out of your disgusting pores.
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Dyson and Tolkien were the immediate human causes of my conversion. Is any pleasure on earth as great as a circle of Christian friends by a good fire?
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I'm not here to – as a parent, I believe we are specifically here to help our children mature in the way that they can take on their own lives. I'm not here to live their lives for them. That's not my job.
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LL Cool J was a rapper-turned-actor, and I also relate to him because he was sort of a ladies' man and had a female fan base, but yet he's a positive dude. You never read about him getting into trouble or going to jail.
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There's something very cool about that indie spirit that I try to hang on to even now with the bigger films that I'm working on.
