Jim Crace Quotes
You stand beneath the arthritic boughs of any English oak, and you survey a thousand tales.
Quotes to Explore
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Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
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We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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The West was involved in toppling the Mossadegh government. That ultimately led to the Iranian revolution.
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I started out a die-hard New Yorker but really grew to love working in Los Angeles. Even though I originally wanted to do theater, TV presented more opportunities for me, which led me out west.
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I do believe that the coal industry sees the cultural shift toward cleaner energy and global warming solutions as a threat to their interests.
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Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.
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I love charity thrift stores. Amazing one-of-a-kind pieces at terrific prices, and all the money you spend goes to a good cause.
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I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.
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Things aren't always clear at the beginning of a relationship. Be up-front. Don't play on her confusion or vulnerability. Women want and appreciate clarity.
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After running for a while, things really start to open up in your body. I felt like I'd tapped into parts of my body that I hadn't before. I let things in the universe flow through me that opened me up in a really cool way.
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I feel like the word 'mom' and 'supermom' should be synonymous. When you are a mom, you are a superhero.
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Clothes if they are not well cut, you can kill nobody. A building poorly built can kill people. It's a much more difficult work. I would not compare myself with that.
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In TV, you don't know everything. The writers only give you scripts before you shoot the episodes. They keep you on your nerve.
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I've already fought my share. God gave me a rich, eventful career, and I thank God for everything, but I'm done fighting.
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It's my view that any conservative who loves his country has to be extremely concerned.
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There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.
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I think my strength is always been in being very natural. I think Shakespeare and things like that would be more a stretch for me.
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I will say, I quite enjoyed 'SG-1'. I'm a very big fan of 'SG-1'. I especially love Ben Browder. I thought he did fantastic work in that.
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In this Internet age of shared information, even if you don't tell the people, they will find out.
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We've got to be proactive. It's my job to look for unconventional situations that achieve what my clients want.
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When a man sits in our jails for a number of years, and around him friends and family become angry, that is how we create terrorists.
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You stand beneath the arthritic boughs of any English oak, and you survey a thousand tales.
