Jamie Bell Quotes

I love documentaries. It's actually my favorite medium of film.

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• In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • People
  • Political
  • Team

• I have more friends in New York than Paris.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Friends
  • New
  • New York

• I accidentally entered a youth pageant when I was 14. That's like a beauty pageant, but without the beauty. It was terrible.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Like
  • Beauty
  • Youth

• Job-wise, I did have a moment of panic that I should have been a doctor a few years ago, but I hate when people vomit.

  

  Kate Beckinsale
  • People
  • Job
  • Hate

• If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Up
  • Generation
  • Listen

• Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.

  

  Hallie Ephron
  • Mother
  • House
  • Special

• Say yes to everything.

  

  Aaron Swartz
  • Everything
  • Say
  • Yes

• It's not healthy to be jealous.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Healthy
  • Jealous

• I never starved myself.

  

  Tatjana Patitz
  • Myself
  • Never
  • Starved

• Prior to 2001, hardly any company in North America or Europe would buy from India.

  

  Baba Kalyani
  • America
  • Company
  • India

• I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • Life
  • Game
  • Success

• There's no big splashy renaissance in Italian films. We have good young actors and directors. What we lack are screenwriters. It's hard to write about Italy.

  

  Valeria Golino
  • Good
  • Young
  • Italian

• I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004.

  

  Laura Ziskin
  • Cancer
  • Breast Cancer

• Every generation looks at literature through the lens of their own experience, but with the Bible, everyone gets apprehensive and thinks it'll be too stuffy.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Experience
  • Literature
  • Bible

• I never, ever thought I would be able to grow a beard like I have now. I think it's gonna be here for a little minute. Fear the beard, hopefully.

  

  Odell Beckham, Jr.
  • Fear
  • Thought
  • Beard

• I didn't run off with the secretary. It made it seem like I had committed adultery and then ran off with a secretary, neither of which happened.

  

  Randall Terry
  • Like
  • Run
  • Seem

• I was so naive in radio technique that I knew nothing about timing. I would write pages on Honus Wagner and then get only half through by the time the show ended. I eventually learned, but there was nobody there to school me.

  

  Waite Hoyt
  • Time
  • School
  • Me

• With 'All Is Song,' I tried to construct a very traditional narrative that pulls no tricks.

  

  Samantha Harvey
  • Song
  • Tried
  • Traditional

• Mr. Clyde Ross at that time, like most African Americans around the country, was unable to secure a loan, due to policies around redlining and deciding, you know, who deserved the loans and who doesn’t. There was a broad, broad consensus that African Americans, for no other reason besides blanket racism, could not be responsible homeowners.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Time
  • Country
  • Racism

• I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.

  

  Rachel Griffiths
  • People
  • Help
  • Vision

• Like everybody, I'm making up my life as I go along.

  

  Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. Alice in Chains
  • Making Up

• I have written symphonic poems and chamber music. It is my way of personal expression.

  

  Carmine Coppola
  • Music

• I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... .

  

  Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings
  • Thinking
  • Writing
  • Song

• I love documentaries. It's actually my favorite medium of film.

  

  Jamie Bell