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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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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My dad taught me never to be afraid of what's on the other side of the mountain.
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The thoughts of those moved by natural human love are almost completely fastened on the beloved, their hearts are filled with passion for it, and their mouths full of its praises.
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Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest:
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Watching Dawson's creek 'til I fall asleep. It's harder than it seems.
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You are never lost when you can see the temple.
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Because of her style of interpretation, you could never tell whether she was gauging the political preferences of society ... reaching outcomes that were good in a policy or political way. People would criticize her as being mushy.
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You can't sing baritone when you're a soprano.
