Jim Barksdale Quotes
One problem was that my direct testimony was in writing, so a lot of people didn't get to see it. I hope they see it, because I think it built a very strong case.
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I just can't think how I would go on without children having lost Edith already... It's too upsetting for me to write about them. Naturally, I still hope, and wait, wait, wait.
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The scene that has raised the most objections in 'The Interview' is at the very end, when Kim's head dissolves into flames. To me, it feels gratuitous.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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The day I leave Paris is the day I go down a level or quit football.
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When you're with your club team, every week you have a performance to judge. But when you're with the national team, it's a little different because you might not play for three or four months at a time. Things change constantly.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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It really comes down to being able to inspire others by being comfortable with yourself. You have to show girls that everyone is different; everyone has things they don't like, but they work it and walk the runway.
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The Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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In addition to relieving patient suffering, research is needed to help reduce the enormous economic and social burdens posed by chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, cancer, heart disease, and stroke.
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I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.
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O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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I absolutely have not spoken to Marvel. It doesn't mean that my team hasn't spoken to Marvel.
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As hard as I try to sound tough and dark, I still sound cute.
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My grandfather did a lot of things in his life. What he was most proud of was raising his family.
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No author's writing more influenced my own than that of Robert Louis Stevenson. My first steampunk story, 'The Ape-box Affair,' is a sort of melange of Stevenson and P.G. Wodehouse.
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Steven and I have worked together a lot and I'm far ahead of the curve than most people in knowing what he wants, but he knows far more than I know about what's important for the story. So, most of the changes he will make will involve story changes.
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You have to be kind to people. Treat them decently. There's no excuse for not.
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One problem was that my direct testimony was in writing, so a lot of people didn't get to see it. I hope they see it, because I think it built a very strong case.
