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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I was MARRIED for TWO FUCKING YEARS! Hell would be like Club Med!
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You seem to be going in for sincerity today. It isn't becoming to you, really — except as an obvious pose. Be as artificial as you are, I advise. There's a sort of sincerity in that, you know. And, after all, you must confess you like that better.
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Far from New England's blustering shore,New England's worm her hulk shall bore,And sink her in the Indian seas,Twine, wine, and hides, and China teas.
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We try not to pull any punches and be straightforward, and I think that's what helped us connect with everybody across the board.
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A writer who knows what he is doing isn't doing very much.
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You can't sing baritone when you're a soprano.
