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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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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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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I think I'll be single my whole life. It's entirely possible I'm going to end up alone. Because I don't want to make any sacrifices for my own development and achieving what I want to achieve, and I don't want a family to get in the way of that.
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My mom was Sicilian, my dad was Sicilian. Mom was a great cook, but all the women were.
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Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.
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What's amazing about 'White Heat' is that, even for its time, it's very truthful in the way it deals with violence.
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Life is so damned hard, so damned hard... It just hurts people and hurts people, until finally it hurts them so that they can't be hurt ever any more. That's the last and worst thing it does.
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Even at school I studied ethics instead of religion.
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Larry Kasdan is a great director.
