James Edward Olliges Jr. (Jim James) Quotes
I just think meditation is so important because it gives you a chance to see what's going on in your brain.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.
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I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.
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It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
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I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.
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Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
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The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer.
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I like that about London. It comes together when it needs to, and it has magic.
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I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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I have always compared our traditions of liberty, like those of Abraham Lincoln and Ho Chi Minh.
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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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Anyone can rap if you've got brains. So I just went with it.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.
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What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome.
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I like my man to be witty; he needs a sense of humour and needs to be extremely well-mannered.
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Over a long period of time, technological change is something that has been important in reducing manufacturing employment - absolutely and as a share of jobs in the economy.
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I like suggesting that 'we are slaves to the objects around us,' that 'plenty should be enough,' or that the 'buyer should beware,' within the context of conventional selling space.
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Every breakup is preceded by a bad relationship. So breakups should be cause for celebration and triumph.
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I've just gotten to do a lot of very different things, and as an actor, that's what you want.
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I just think meditation is so important because it gives you a chance to see what's going on in your brain.
