Jim Crace Quotes
The celebrity sense of writers is something which is very tempting... But the enthusiasm comes from the fact that it's such a natural activity, storytelling.
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I'm just being me on Instagram, and that's what I love about it. It's definitely personal, and it's, like, no one in my team would ever get my password for my Instagram. Like, that's a no-no.
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Those who know me would tell you, 'Moily can't be cowed down.' I have plans to enhance domestic oil and gas production.
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I strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the American people is more important than party politics.
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I think if they put a laugh track on 'Intervention,' it would be funny.
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I'm good at utilising body parts as letters.
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
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I don't have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.
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When we were on the farm, we were isolated, not just by geography but by the primitive living conditions: no electricity, no running water and, of course, no computer, no phone.
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I was physically abused and I retaliated.
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Working on the accent helped, enormously. I will tell you that when I brought Michael a correct 'British' accent, one that my dialect coach was happy with, he hated it.
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There the wild animals wandered and fed as though they were in a pasture that stretched much farther than a man could see, and there were no settlers. Only Indians lived there.
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I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive.
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Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.
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I am not a fashion freak!
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The scariest thing about receiving praise at a young age is the fear of burning out or losing it, or proving people right that you were just a novelty. Obviously, I can see mistakes in things that I've done or said and can see flaws in things I've made, but that's just part of growing.
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I've been coaching how many years? A long time.
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Taiwan has been so well developed economically. But we are underdeveloped culturally.
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I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
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I can express all my views on the slavery question by quotations from Henry Clay.
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You have to remember that when you are a performer you become a celebrity, but you are not saving lives. It's not that important.
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The superhighway of celebrity and showmanship is filled with debris.
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My mother is a hardcore actor's actor. She's not a celebrity. She really isn't... And so her main concern was that I not fall into the auditioning-is-my-life syndrome.
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Someday, I have no doubt, the dead from today's wars will be seen with a similar sense of sorrow at needless loss and folly as those millions of men who lie in the cemeteries of France and Belgium - and tens of millions of Americans will feel a similar revulsion for the politicians and generals who were so spendthrift with others' lives.
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The celebrity sense of writers is something which is very tempting... But the enthusiasm comes from the fact that it's such a natural activity, storytelling.
