James Edward Olliges Jr. (Jim James) Quotes
Big religion was started with one goal in mind: to make money. And I'm not knocking anyone's faith, because I think there are a lot of good values to be found in any faith. But when any faith starts to get in the way of love, that's where you can tell that greed and fear have stepped in and that those things come from man.
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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So, I get a kick out of working with the media.
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I never thought of a career of as a model, and it was a total surprise for me when I won the contest and became Miss Chelyabinsk. Then I started modelling in Paris.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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I do a lot of visualisations and meditation and a lot of hippie stuff.
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When I see other working actresses that are brown, I get so excited. I get so excited when I see Zoe Kravitz, Janelle Monae, Taraji P. Henson, Ava Duvernay, and all these beautiful women working.
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To read too many books is harmful.
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It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.
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I went into the sciences very early on, but to me, economics pervades so much more of our lives and our existence.
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If you do something, expect consequences.
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You go to drama school, and the people you revere and admire are those who work on the London stage, and you hope that's a world that you'll be able to break into and do enough occasional television and small film work to eventually get to the point where you're paying the bills.
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I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.
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The best way poor people can come out of their poverty is to get on the global highway, not on some dirt side road.
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It's special to have people see you and tell you, 'You make me laugh.' That makes me feel good. I think if you have the talent to do it, it's your duty to pass it on.
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Songs are like anything else - they dictate to you which ones go together and which ones don't.
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Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.
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Kate Mara is actually one of my really good friends.
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When in 1969 I became publisher of the 'Washington Post' as well as president of the company, my plate was fuller than ever. I had partly worked myself into the job but not, except for rare occasions, taken hold. I had acquired some sense of business but still relied on others more than most company presidents did.
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Big religion was started with one goal in mind: to make money. And I'm not knocking anyone's faith, because I think there are a lot of good values to be found in any faith. But when any faith starts to get in the way of love, that's where you can tell that greed and fear have stepped in and that those things come from man.
