Jim Crace Quotes
If you read the fables, 'Beowulf,' for example, you will know something about the person who writes them, and I like that. Secondly, they will not be about individuals; they will be about community. Thirdly, they're all about moralizing. Fourthly, the way they express themselves takes its tone from the oral tradition.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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As far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
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And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.
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I just grew up watching a lot of movies. I'm attracted to this genre and that genre, this type of story, and that type of story. As I watch movies I make some version of it in my head that isn't quite what I'm seeing - taking the things I like and mixing them with stuff I've never seen before.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth.
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Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
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No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they had done so.
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The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.
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When we don't have all the details about our characters, we have to make it up to fill in all the details. So, for me, writing and acting go hand in hand.
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I wake up every morning and I feel like I'm juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out of London, and most evenings I'm cuddled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot, my team travel a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
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It's really kind of a luxury for an actor to have the opportunity to show such different types of characters. I actually left 'Cowboys & Aliens' and went straight into 'The Change-Up.' It was kind of a funny change of pace.
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The idea of confidence, of the emotions of the population, is an incredibly important one in economics. John Maynard Keynes called it 'animal spirit.' And if people are feeling generally good about the future, they're more likely to spend money, to start new companies; companies are more likely to hire people, make investments.
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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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I wasn't sure what would happen to me after 'The Voice.' I was just excited to make music.
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I'd love to still be able to play a bit of football, but my knees are shot to pieces.
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Baseball is a hard game. There's going to be ups and downs.
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Tired is not a word in my vocabulary.
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My greatest work comes in the community.
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If you read the fables, 'Beowulf,' for example, you will know something about the person who writes them, and I like that. Secondly, they will not be about individuals; they will be about community. Thirdly, they're all about moralizing. Fourthly, the way they express themselves takes its tone from the oral tradition.
