James Whistler Quotes
I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.
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I like to work on T.V. because it's like a normal thing, and then I like to do movies when I'm on break or hiatus.
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What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.
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I want to have a career in 10, 20 years, so it's harder now, and maybe more stressful now, but in the future, hopefully it will all pay off.
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One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face.
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I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
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I think one of my first jokes - in the black community, there's people who have jokes about skin tone. People like, 'You so black, you purple.' 'You so black, you gotta smile so we can see you at night.'
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I don't like sitting at a table that's too large, where everyone is too far apart. That's a party killer.
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I think there's a lot of deep-rooted history in England with racing. Lots of Formula One teams are based there. Formula One is obviously a huge sport over in England and Europe.
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I liked George Weiss when he was with the Yankees. He loved the Old Timers' Day. He loved it. And he invited all these people to come, all these players to come.
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Smaller families mean we have more time and money to lavish on each child. Parents are more anxious because small families give them less experience of parenting and put their genetic eggs in fewer baskets.
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Everything that Eddie has said about me is the total opposite of what really happened. Eddie says I wanted to be a solo artist. No, Eddie wanted to be a solo artist.
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If I were really rich, I would be flying places, I think.
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There are very few places in the world where you have to learn a language with no language in common. It's called a monolingual field situation.
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I do not love to work out, but if I stick to exercising every day and put the right things in my mouth, then my diabetes just stays in check.
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I love action-adventure-type films - mythical adventures like 'Lord of the Rings' or superhero films like 'Batman.'
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He who knows himself is enlightened.
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I am convinced that the world-wide protests during the Rivonia trial saved Mandela and his fellow-accused from a death sentence. But in South Africa, a life sentence means imprisonment until death - or until the defeat of the government which holds these men prisoner.
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I will not say sorry and be pardoned for doing a godly act.
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Alternative accommodations is a $100 billion-plus category.
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It's been reinforced to me, and it's a little cliche, but I've learned that you can't make a movie that even works, much less that's good, without really good writing and really good acting. That lesson has led me to not be distracted, so much, by the other stuff going on in filmmaking and to focus on the essence of a story, and the words and the events and the way that those are interpreted by the actors. That philosophy has taken me to a place that I really like.
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Faith is not jumping to conclusions. It is concluding to jump.
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What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it.
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The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.
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I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.
