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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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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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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The early part of my career was the 1990s, and I was living in New York working as an actor. It was the world I was in. A lot of companies had a great deal of money.
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One of the great things about Lanai is that the weather is always fabulous. Always 82 degrees and sunny. The problem is that, like California now, Lanai needs more water.
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If you get conquered by ego, then you are losing the fight.
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The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose.
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Alex grabbed our things from the bike and bought them inside; then he fastened the tent closed, securing us in. "Come here, babe, I'll keep you warm.
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The two championship years were that significant for me.
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Music always turns into music. As soon as I play a key, push a key down, there's no theory any more. When I go and I hear a sound on the keyboard, all theories go out the window.
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I offer detailed but mostly invented narratives about the provenance of my books.
