Jim Irsay Quotes
These diseases, both alcoholism and addiction, much like bipolar or depression and different illnesses, are still not seen as real diseases. People shy away from seeking help because it's viewed as being somewhat morally off the path, that they've lost their way.
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.
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I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
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If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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L.A. still ranks as one of my guilty pleasures, along with butter-pecan ice cream and Coldplay albums.
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Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.
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It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.
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I never thought of myself doing period. When you're in your acting classes, and you think about the kind of roles you want to play, it's always 'modern relationship drama'-type things.
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Rajneeshism is creating a Noah's Ark of consciousness, remaining centered exactly in the middle of the cyclone. You can only escape within, and that's what I teach. I do not teach worship of God or any other ritual but only a scientific way of coming to your innermost core.
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Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.
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I'm mainly an airport author, and if you're trying to take your mind off the journey, you're not going to read 'King Lear.'
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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I will never fall prey to celebrity because I am too busy. I have other things to do than look at myself in the mirror.
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Everyone has a different training style and being a female, sometimes you find you have to get really aggressive. Some people respond really well to aggression, some people don't.
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People love honesty. Honesty is medicinal, I think. It makes people feel less lonely in the world.
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I've never believed in seeking perfection at the risk of losing everything.
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I had a very insightful friend who warned me back when I stopped reading scripts, 'It's easier to change directions while you're still moving.' If you stop, it's harder to get started again. I still don't think I made the wrong decision, but he was right.
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These diseases, both alcoholism and addiction, much like bipolar or depression and different illnesses, are still not seen as real diseases. People shy away from seeking help because it's viewed as being somewhat morally off the path, that they've lost their way.
