Jim Crace Quotes
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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In the case of the classic Western helicopter parent, it starts with Baby Einstein and reward charts for toilet training, and it never really ends, which is why colleges have to devote so many resources to teaching parents how to leave their kids alone.
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I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.
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When I had my television show, 'Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters,' it was my high hope to convert people to country music. It is wonderful and contagious!
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Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.
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My company invents all kinds of new technology in lots of different areas. And we do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it.
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Emotional messiness is my reason for life. In acting, it's so important.
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God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason.
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I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman.
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Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on.
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Hollywood is wonderful, but it does eat its young.
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One of the few times I saw my mother cry was when Lennon died, and the other time was when Elvis died.
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Winning a ring is everybody's goal, whether you're a player or a coach.
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When I was a kid, a pickleball hit me in the back of the head, and I had memory problems. I was in a boarding school and the nuns gave me poems to remember to try and get the memory going again.
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The existing world economic order constitutes a system of plundering and exploitation like no other in history. Thus, the peoples believe less and less in statements and promises.
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When I go to the interviews and sit before a prospective employer, I'm going to try and look as employable as I can.
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You can only train three or four hours a day, so what do you do with the other 20 hours?
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I'm a black belt in karate. I grew up on the outskirts of Paris, and it was rough.
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I don't know what keeps me going. Sometimes I wonder... I think it's just pure perseverance and wanting to succeed and having that burning desire to always have success.
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Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it's not a physically produced effect. What's the cause? In many cases, it's an unanswered question.
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Documentary films are created in an inverted funnel of declining possibility.
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I offer detailed but mostly invented narratives about the provenance of my books.
