Jim Fowler Quotes
I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we've got to translate that into what's in it for us.
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A lost but happy dream may shed its light upon our waking hours, and the whole day may be infected with the gloom of a dreary or sorrowful one; yet of neither may we be able to recover a trace.
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Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.
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Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
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To open yourself up and open your heart, it's a scary thing in life, let alone a movie.
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I describe myself as an environmentalist not because I'm marching in the street with placards but because I like to be in the woods by myself.
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That was my dream, to compete against the best surfers in the best waves. But as a kid, it all seemed so unattainable. It was this big dream, but deep down I never thought it could really happen. But my parents always believed I could do it, and they helped me get through all the stages and take all the right steps.
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You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise.
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I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when we do stunts.
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The roles... the deep roles that I've gotten to play have turned my course. They've changed my life experience.
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For the nation to live, the tribe must die.
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I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct.
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For quite a while, it didn't feel right. How could I feel joy when I lost the love of my life? I'm learning that those two things can co-exist. It will never be the same joy, but it doesn't mean there won't be joy.
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I know my brother. Michael, he's not that kind of person. He doesn't do that. That's all a lie on him.
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The idea of investing in entrepreneurs who are building things from scratch, where I can participate in their dream, was very, very exciting to me.
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…for thy huggest thy bolster, which men call a Dutch wife in some parts.
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A blatant Bassarid of Boston, a rampant Maenad of Massachusetts.
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Great feelings take with them their own universe, splendid or abject. They light up with their passion an exclusive world in which they recognize their climate. There is a universe of jealousy, of ambition, of selfishness or generosity. A universe - in other words a metaphysic and an attitude of mind.
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We need somebody to put rat poisoning in Justice Stevens's creme brulee. That's just a joke, for you in the media.
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Few people love with the violence they hate.
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I carry around a black leather Moleskine journal all the time. And I always write ideas down, especially when I'm on set and working with actors like Jeremy Irons and Viola Davis and learning from them.
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I didn't grow up with a lot of money, but I grew up with a lot of opportunities that many people don't have.
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I was always willing to say, "Let's see what happens," when something came up that looked like it might help me get a little closer to where I wanted to be . . .
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My generation was, in effect, the product of a social experiment. If we did not understand marital intimacy, it was because we had not seen it modelled. We lurched from relationship to relationship, dazzled by the newness of meaninglessness, relentless in our search for something even the most perceptive of us could not identify.
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I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we've got to translate that into what's in it for us.
