James Wilson Quotes
Let a state be considered as subordinate to the people: But let everything else be subordinate to the state.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.
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The running joke about the Premio Cervantes, the most coveted literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world, which was established by Spain's Ministry of Culture in 1976, is that Cervantes himself wouldn't have received it. This is because he was, in his heart, the most anti-Spanish of Spanish writers.
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I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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I feel like all the parts are seniors in high school and seventh graders, and I think I kinda skipped that awkward stage by not working those years.
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I like to paint, I'm absolutely no good at it, but I'm so comfortable with that because it's good for me to have something to fail at.
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I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.
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People get in fights because they don't communicate, because you don't want to hurt the other person.
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Music was always part of my life - my mother says I came out singing. I wanted to be Gene Kelly - or Judy Garland.
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It feels really good to give back. I'm opening the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness Centre in Australia.
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I see myself working in the tradition of sociology and journalism that tries to bear witness to poverty.
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No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.
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Very often, state utilities do not buy electricity even if they need it, as every unit purchased increases their losses.
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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
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I know it's odd. But when I was getting scuba certified, it was explained very early on that you never get to just strap on a tank and jump into the ocean. You have to know how deep you're going, and the deeper you go, the less amount of time you stay down there - and it takes longer to get to the surface.
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Let a state be considered as subordinate to the people: But let everything else be subordinate to the state.
