Jim Crace Quotes
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The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'
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I still have some of my old University essays, and I do still have my drawing book from primary year seven.
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Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.
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Eliminating the things you love is not wellness. Wellness feeds your soul and makes you feel good.
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Sometimes you're afraid to fall in love with a chick, but she sucks you in anyway.
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The S.B.A. does not lend directly to businesses, but instead backs loans to encourage banks to invest in small businesses as part of a nearly $90 billion portfolio.
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Maurice would prance into a room, you know, and his presence was immediate.
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I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I was the only one playing with four mallets.
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My grandpa was in the Navy, but it wasn't something that was expected or planned for me to do.
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On TV, if you fluff your lines, nobody gives a toss. But if you fluff a penalty in the World Cup, well - we all know how much that matters.
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I love good food. I'm an epicurean, that's for sure... But I am not really a good cook.
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I hate to cook and love to eat.
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I hate musicals. There, I said it.
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I think Sharon is anti-Israeli because it's in the interest of Israel to understand the problems of the other side.
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When I feel very loved, when I nurture and support people, my experience is deepened. I feel connected to a larger purpose and meaning.
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I love thinking of music of this way to access some kind of illogical realm filled with all kinds of aberrations and weird stuff. It's not implicit in music to have a story, so it creates this incredible potential for vague stories.
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Diversity there certainly is in the world, but it means neither inequality nor untouchability.
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Americans always ask how much I love my accent, and I don't get that - I think I sound like a school teacher.
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You have to pay your dues. And what's nice, after booking a lot of new people... I counted the other day. We're in September and we've already booked between 30 or 40 people who've never done the show before.
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Genius is a strong aphrodisiac.
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I stopped being an engaged journalist and became a disengaged novelist.
