James Edward Olliges Jr. (Jim James) Quotes
It's a joy, the process itself, even instrumentally, playing and constructing music. It's just so beautiful to me.
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I never want to sound preachy about youth and feminism, but I feel like there aren't enough young people coming out about their concerns and opinions.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
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I don't like to practice; I like spontaneity. When I don't play guitar for a week and I pick it up again, I play better.
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I don't think any actor can be satisfied. I am still in the learning phase and hope I am always in the learning frame of mind in acting or in anything else that I do. That's what makes life interesting and worth living.
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I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society's care.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn't take it any other way.
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I try to be as ignorant about things as I can.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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Color is a matter of taste and of sensitivity.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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We say that the ICC is targeting Africans, but all of the victims in our cases in Africa are African victims.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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Why should Bollywood accept me? I should accept Bollywood. I don't care if Bollywood has accepted me. I don't seek acceptance. I don't need to live up to anybody's expectations.
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You think you're looking at things all the time, but you're not looking at things, you're looking at what your brain is interpreting through light and color. And who knows what everybody else sees?
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I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.
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My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.
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It takes more than just walking across the border to become an American citizen. It's what's in our souls.
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All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.
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Electronic music is really weird right, because it is bleeding into the mainstream, but, at the same time, it's fashion.
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You should create music which comes from within and not bother about anything else.
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I'm not going to sit for some painting. That's so 1800s. I'm not doing that.
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It's a joy, the process itself, even instrumentally, playing and constructing music. It's just so beautiful to me.
