James Watkins Quotes
If you look at 'The Sopranos,' there's this notion of a criminal element on its last legs.
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It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.'
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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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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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Yes, it was love at first sight. I feel that after all these years, I have finally found my soul mate.
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I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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Homecourt is everything in the NBA.
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TV producers want ratings and are willing to do nearly anything to get them. They gin up artificial conflicts and create an urgency for even the most minor of economic data points.
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I have personally believed in every product I have ever advertised.
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I took physics, and lo and behold, there's a lot of physics in 'Lost.' I think for most people, liberal arts educations are more abstract, but for me, it's been a chance to apply the things I've learned more directly. I also took some Folklore and Mythology classes, and I think that a lot of that influenced me.
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From time immemorial, man has desired to comprehend the complexity of nature in terms of as few elementary concepts as possible.
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Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world.
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You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.
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Democrats in Louisville were led by Courier-Journal editor Henry Watterson and were implacably opposed to blacks voting.
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I decided, if I'm going to be poor and black and all, the least thing I'm going to do is to try and find out who I am. I created everything about me.
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'Hairspray' was my first Broadway show. In the meantime, after the show was over, I would go down and do gigs at these clubs that I wasn't even old enough to get into. That continued on, and I think what ended up happening was that I just got these incredible opportunities on Broadway.
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I feel more and more like 'myself' these days. Before becoming a father, I can remember a low-level feeling of somehow not quite being myself.
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Christ should leave us. He is too much with us and I don't like his friends. We have no hope of recovering Christ until Christ leaves us. There is after all something worse than being God-forsaken. It is when God overstays his welcome and take up with the wrong people.
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I realized marvelling at nature was a deep pleasure of mine.
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The flesh is the surface of the unknown.
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I left Facebook after Facebook groups began appearing about me and suddenly your personal photographs start becoming public property.
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I'm a big believer in education. If people learn the truth, they'll see the benefit if they have gender neutral policies.
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If you look at 'The Sopranos,' there's this notion of a criminal element on its last legs.
