Brion James Quotes
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I don't really like to work with actors that work a lot and are very well established already. In a way, I like to nurture talent and have it burst on the scene.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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New York, in itself, has this frenzied, chaotic feeling to it. It's such a big city, and it's always moving, and there are so many people.
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It's always about trying to make everything go with the music, like a script. It's not like, 'Let's have a confetti gun!' If I ever have one of those, it will be because it's absolutely the right thing at the moment in the song. I can't just go get a confetti gun.
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Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.
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We have to look after the health of the players. Quality suffers with too many games.
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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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Unfortunately, we can never truly know if we're making the right decision. What we do know is that wherever we are, that's where the Light wants us to be. It's the best place for us to be now. And as long as we don't try to control the situation, then we won't end up in the place we shouldn't be.
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
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We must keep both our femininity and our strength.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough.
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As far being the face of boxing, I don't like to name myself that. I leave that up to the media and the fans.
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I remember Mr. Mayer very well. He sort of liked to be the father - no, he liked to be treated like you thought he was Daddy, but he didn't treat you like Daddy at all.
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It's really weird to be playing chords again. Haven't played chords for a long time. I realised I haven't played chord changes since OK Computer and stuff like that.
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Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.
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Homeschooling has given us some wonderful flexibility and some great life experiences, especially with our son.
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The growing pains of … being an actor, that was a little frustrating at times because you feel like you have great capacity to do many things. And yet there seems to be a misunderstanding about who you are and what you're trying to do. And that requires patience, and people eventually will understand.
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My foundation now has some 120 football pitches laid out for children, a lot of them immigrants. We live in a multicultural society.
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Larry Kasdan is a great director.
