James William Middleton Quotes
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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I'm very much a hypochondriac, worried about dying, and not having enough time to work with the people I want to work with and being fulfilled as an actor.
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If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.
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The fact that we walked away from the Middle East, as distasteful as it was for us to stay involved and prevent wars, based on our long involvement there, we have helped to create and provide a foundation. Obviously for ISIS and also for the absolute barbarianism and human catastrophe that Assad impacted on his people.
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God is a freaking character, with enough foibles, tantrums, and paradoxical behaviors to supply a thousand screenplays. But who do you cast?
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I don't really approach stories to make them different from other stuff I've seen, I just try to get into the character, into his or her head. Try to make it as funny, as scary or as wild as I can so that I really like it.
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I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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The United States should not engage in tit-for-tat polemics directed at its most important allies. That is as demeaning as it is destructive.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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From the catbird seat, I've found poetry to be the necessary utterance it has always been in America.
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They thought we were going to hurt the game, but we just wanted to help ourselves, because the players needed to get together to protect their interests.
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I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing.
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I just want to try writing for other people 'cause it's quite exciting.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.
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When you write songs for your best friends and maybe two other people to hear, and then realize that a million other people are going to hear them, it can be a bit worrying. You get concerned about what you might reveal.
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They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Heighway and he's nothing like him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different
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Every person I've ever met always thinks their parents are weird.
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I don't want to die an old lady.
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I love Alexander McQueen. I like the construction of his suits. I think it's fantastic.
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Most of us who work as professional futurists never really stop gathering information - you never know when a provocative, potentially disruptive new development might appear.
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My parents were always entrepreneurial.
