James Whistler Quotes
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I wish it were not a sin to have liked it so.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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We must defend what we have achieved so far.
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I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused on finishing my recording so I can get that out. It's just day by day.
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I think that T.V. shows are more like working at a home. You know you're going to the same place every day, working with the same people, the same cast and crew. You're in a dressing room instead of a trailer, so I think that that's more of a normal sort of lifestyle.
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This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.
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I just grew up watching a lot of movies. I'm attracted to this genre and that genre, this type of story, and that type of story. As I watch movies I make some version of it in my head that isn't quite what I'm seeing - taking the things I like and mixing them with stuff I've never seen before.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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I believe in reincarnation of the soul.
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Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
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Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
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I consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career.
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I have this wonderful personal chef who sources and stocks all my organic produce and I basically live on five smoothies a day. I'm totally vegan. I blend this green concoction with kale, cucumber, broccoli, string beans, avocado. My protein comes from protein powder. There is absolutely no milk, butter, cheese.
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I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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We must not let daylight in upon the magic.
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I'm the kind of person that if I try to throw it hard, it doesn't come out as good. So my whole thought process is to stay smooth, stay on top of the ball, and just get my hand out in front.
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We emerged from the events of September 11 more steadfast in our beliefs, more courageous in our actions and more determined to protect our values than ever before.
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In Mexico, this idea that fathers go away is really deeply accepted because, for so long, so many men have had to leave to work in the United States.
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I've spent my entire career on horseback or on a motorcycle. It boxes you in, the way people perceive you. I read a lot of scripts. Most of 'em go to other actors.
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I have never planned my career here in Bollywood, so planning to do Hollywood films is a distant thing. You have to see how things come.
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An artist's career always begins tomorrow.
