James Edward Olliges Jr. (Jim James) Quotes
I heard the Abbey Lincoln song 'The World is Falling Down,' and it just resonated with me so deeply.
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
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I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
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I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.
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I've always been clear - I feel good at Chelsea. Every week, I repeat the same on PSG. It's a big team but an inferior league. I don't want to return to France, because I've won everything over there - the league title, cup, best player, best young player.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.
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It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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One thing any DJ needs in his crate, especially at a barbecue, is a selection of 15-minute-plus jams.
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An old building is like a show. You smell the soul of a building. And the building tells you how to redo it.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I don't think that when I'm acting I feel like I lose myself to it, but that sense of losing, that sense of discomfort, well, I guess maybe that comes a bit! It's about redefining what 'uncomfortable' means for you.
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I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
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I missed the television train at some point. I don't know what happened, but now I've created a complex about it. I'm missing out on what everybody's watching, and now I can't even begin to think about starting to watch a television show because it's been so long. I don't even have a Netflix account.
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It's some weird idea to think that you've always got to say everything is great and perfect.
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Although one is not inclined to be timid or nervous, it is nevertheless a trifle depressing to receive letters full of expostulation and entreaty: 'If you are determined to commit suicide, why not come home and do so in a quiet lady-like manner?'
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Pope Francis might turn out to be one of the most popular figures in the world today.
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This world is a great sculptor's shop. We are the statues and there is a rumor going round the shop that some of us are some day going to come to life.
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By the end of Fashion Week my apartment is covered with makeup and clothes and shoes. Everything you can think of.
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And then there's also this element of - some people would describe it as spirits or a presence that appears when things are very difficult, physically and emotionally. You know, when you're really putting out. So the third man aura is sort of an appearance. It's the yeti.
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I heard the Abbey Lincoln song 'The World is Falling Down,' and it just resonated with me so deeply.
