James Wolcott Quotes
At 'The Village Voice,' there were all these fevers inside the offices, that would break out into full-scale rumbles between writers.
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Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
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I compose music for films, and by the grace of God, I've got a few awards. That's it.
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I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose life is just beginning.
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When I was 14, I decided that I really wanted to pursue polo more, so I asked my parents if it would be okay for me to go live on a farm outside the city so I could play.
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Listen to the sounds of nature. Wishing you the best on your trek towards your dreams.
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People who get trapped in the tunnel vision of making money think that is all there is to life.
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I have learned to take the part of me that is very fearful and work on that. There is space for that in my life. I have learned to give myself a bit more freedom between 'action' and 'cut.' I come by all that fear honestly, like most humans have. I can't bring it with me to work, so in that way, the work feels quite liberating.
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I work with directors who haven't had the experience of being on sets as much as I have. I feel like, in a way, if it's an independent movie, I can teach the crew to kind of relax, or create a vibe. It really is about a vibe.
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I, myself, I am not interested in reality television; just me, myself, speaking.
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The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.
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With every project you do, you bring out a part of yourself, and it seems to be quite a good way of expanding a person.
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I miss my mother very much, and I feel closest to her when I have dinner in the oven and the children are nearby playing and I'm reading a book or doing some little project.
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I developed 'Trapped' because I was fascinated with the idea of a terrible crime in a small town cut off from the rest of the world.
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We have met the enemy and he is us.
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If people don't know who you are, they're not going to listen to your message. And not everybody pays attention to politicians by watching Fox News and CNN.
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Imagination is the Discovering Faculty, pre-eminently. It is that which penetrates into the unseen worlds around us, the worlds of Science.
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I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to take.
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Dominant companies have a special responsibility to ensure that the way they do business doesn't prevent competition... and does not harm consumers and innovation.
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I'm learning to accept myself. I'm still in the process of learning to love who I am. And it's been really refreshing and really nice to be able to do that and be okay. I think my fans have brought that out in me.
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Never yet was a springtime, when the buds forgot to bloom.
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A mother's got to be there to raise the children. That's all there is to it. I feel badly for those mothers who work hard, and can't do it all the time.
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Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level.
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At 'The Village Voice,' there were all these fevers inside the offices, that would break out into full-scale rumbles between writers.
