Jim Crace Quotes
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I cannot turn down this incredible honor twice.
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My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.
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I design all my sets. With my tour and my album artwork, I co-design that with people who are better at drawing than me. But I've got a good imagination. I went to art school so I understand how to communicate my ideas.
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I put myself out there; it's part of my job, and I get it: people will attack me. At first I was thrown off, but now I have a pretty thick skin about it.
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I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. I wanted to photograph.
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I can tell you that when you're counting every penny, knowing that you are a single bad decision away from bankruptcy, you inevitably lose focus on what really matters for your business.
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In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.
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I had a free-range childhood. We lived in town but with a cow, chooks, bees, and multiple veggie gardens so we could live self-sufficiently.
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I cap myself when I shop; I don't like to spend extravagant amounts on clothes. But, I do get lent clothes for events, it's scary to wear something so expensive, but I feel really pampered.
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To be honest, I've just become a Steelers fan.
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Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
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Californians devised a system of electricity sales that ignored every dimension of the free market.
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China's energy is very much focused on coal, and the economy is very focused on heavy industry, which is carbon intensive, so restructuring won't be easy.
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I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it's very physical.
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Much of what has gone wrong in the pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace is due to a lack of strong leadership, primarily among the Palestinians.
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I'm from New York. I have a non, neutral accent. It can go any way you want.
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The best way to use the gold of the Redeemer is for the redemption of those in peril.
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Whenever something good happens to me, it's usually followed by something terrible.
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By the time I was three years old, I'd lived at 10 different addresses in six different countries.
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I will argue my points; I will have my opinions. But at the end of the day, it's the director's choice.
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Late evening with Col. Qadhafi at his 'ranch' in Libya - interesting meeting with an interesting man.
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My long struggles as a soldier of the Chinese Revolution have forced me to realize the necessity of facing hard facts. There will be neither peace, nor hope, nor future for any of us unless we honestly aim at political, social and economic justice for all peoples of the world, great and small.
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Buster Keaton is my hero.
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You can't sing baritone when you're a soprano.
