Jim Crace Quotes
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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The want of money is the root of all evil.
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I'm such a stereotypical female learner in that I love social studies and love literature, and I always struggled with math and science.
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I love wrestling, but to wrestle just one style for the rest of my life seems like it would really hold me down creatively.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don't wish to have as their reality.
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It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.
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I love anything to do with history.
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I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.
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One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.
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Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.
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The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
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Mandela drafted the M Plan, a simple, commonsense plan for organization on a street basis so that Congress volunteers would be in daily touch with the people, alert to their needs and able to mobilize them.
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The future ain't what it used to be.
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I look out at the stadiums full of people and see them all knowing the words to songs I wrote. And curling their hair! I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny. And wonderful.
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My thinking has always been that the worst problem we have with regard to lack of inclusion is the terribly low labor force participation rates and terribly high unemployment rates of young men, especially young men in ethnic minority groups and, in particular, young black men.
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Remember, the man who is poor is not the man that has no money, but one without a dream. They are suffering that have no dream. They are poor that have no dream.
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You know, the truth is this: it is a leader's job to challenge the status quo. And when you do, you make enemies.
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I have to remind myself constantly that people actually want to hear the music I've made; that's hard for me to digest. I think a live audience is the only tangible evidence you can have that your work is making an impact. It's really humbling.
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The essential factor in the transition of the baroque to photography is not the perfecting of a physical process... rather does it lie in a psychological fact, to wit, in completely satisfying our appetite for illusion by a mechanical reproduction in the making of which man plays not part. The solution is not to be found in the result achieved, but in the way of achieving it.
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Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.
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When I come home from training, my attention immediately has to focus on my school courses, which helps keep the stress level balanced. I mostly balance both by drinking a lot of coffee and making sure I time manage well, which doesn't happen all the time, especially during finals week.
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I'm an atheist - a good old North Korean-style atheist.
