Jim Beaver Quotes
I've been incredibly blessed with good roles the past few years, but none of them compares to the experience of playing Ellsworth on 'Deadwood.' There are times when I've had as much fun or had comparably great material, but as a body of work, playing Ellsworth tops anything else in my lifetime.
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Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.
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I was admittedly comfortable with Iman Cosmetics being identified as a beauty brand that filled the gap for black women because it was deeply personal for me.
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One thing that bugs me in comedy is when somebody does a fake cry, you know, like they fake cry in a comedy. But in a drama they'll really cry. That bugs me.
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I need to meet people to be able to write.
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I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
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I've always looked upon politics as a very boring thing. Politics never interested me as much as the people involved in it.
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If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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Radical Islamists spread from Western Africa through the Middle East, all the way to South Asia to sub-Indian continent.
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My favorite albumn ever is Jeff Buckley's GRACE. I feel a weird unexplainable connection to him.
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There is a quite a lot of effort involved but I find action sequences some of the quickest to write and the most fun.
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Even if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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You can't impose a legacy.
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I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my books. I have a great publisher in Holland and they have published all of my books in Dutch.
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My first collection was made from sheets that my grandmother, who lived in Normandy, had been collecting for a long time. There are a lot of flea markets in that part of France, and she knew what I liked.
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There is no need for neighborhood informants and paper dossiers if the government can see citizens' every Web site visit, e-mail and text message.
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What most men call their conscience is imaginary virtue switching left or right according to self-interest.
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I knew rice and gravy would be a hit. Who grew up here and never ate rice and gravy? I'm glad no one ever thought about it before.
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Iran is a country of 80 million people, educated and dynamic. It sits astride a crucial part of the world. It cannot be sanctioned and pressed down forever. It is the last great civilization to sit outside the global order.
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When I submitted samples, I had only written stories to give myself something to draw. I was told, "The art is good, but not quite professional yet. But, I like the writing." I've been a writer for almost a half a century. It's very cool.
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Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.
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I don't feel I could've played major league baseball.
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I've been incredibly blessed with good roles the past few years, but none of them compares to the experience of playing Ellsworth on 'Deadwood.' There are times when I've had as much fun or had comparably great material, but as a body of work, playing Ellsworth tops anything else in my lifetime.
