James Edward Olliges Jr. (Jim James) Quotes
I think reading is one of the greatest forms of magic available to us on the planet. Reading is so important.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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One thing I can say about the French language is that no one in the world loves their language as much as they do. It doesn't matter if you're close - it still sounds terrible to their ears.
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They used to tease me at the 'Oprah' show, 'Are you really going to do another white Shaker kitchen, with white subway tile and stainless steel appliances?' And my answer is, 'I can vary it a bit, but I'm never going to err from classic materials.'
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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I have a little basement studio set up here at my house, and I do probably 80 percent of the recording here on my own. With multi-tracking technology, I can play various parts on top of one another.
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I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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It is faith that drives us to build, a belief that we cannot be limited by lack of nerve or airspace.
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A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
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While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.
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But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved.
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Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
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I like the MAC Face and Body foundation. Sometimes it can't cover all my flaws, but I like it because it looks really natural and it evens out my skin tone.
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The paradox of anti-Semitism is that it is invariably up to the Jews to explain away the charges. The anti-Semite simply has to make them.
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I've followed the lives of great musicians and have learned that you don't have to always write in pain. You have all of your past experiences, feelings, and thoughts that you can turn on when you need them and turn off when you don't.
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I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.
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Full disclosure: I've never read 'Eat Pray Love,' nor have I even seen the movie.
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We are not going to welcome any more people. Stop - we are full up!
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I wanted to escape Small Town U.S.A. To dismiss the boundaries, to explore. My life experience came from watching movies, TV, and reading books and magazines. When your culture comes from watching TV everyday, you're bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting, people who have jobs and careers and opportunities.
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The older I get, the more I embrace who I am.
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I think reading is one of the greatest forms of magic available to us on the planet. Reading is so important.
