James Edward Olliges Jr. (Jim James) Quotes
I guess people have a hard time dealing with humour in music. But sometimes life is depressing, and sometimes life is fun, is about just laughing with your friends, and I wanted to express that as well as the darker stuff.
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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Music seems hard-wired into our very being. It moves us, stirs us to action, sets us in motion, sticks in our memories and minds.
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I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.
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Early impressions are like glimpses seen through the window by night when lightning is about.
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Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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I've never wanted to live in a ghetto or write in a ghetto. I want to write about a world that reflects the one most people live in. Gay people are just one aspect of that.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable of criticizing ideas that are now patently absurd and increasingly maladaptive.
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I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
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In addition to relieving patient suffering, research is needed to help reduce the enormous economic and social burdens posed by chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, cancer, heart disease, and stroke.
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Great research universities around the world are visible not just through their quality graduates but as knowledge creators and technology developers.
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I think comedy stems from being honest, often painfully so. I hope I can achieve that perspective in my own life and also have fun.
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It is too often not realized that culture itself is an adaptive tool, one of whose main functions is to make the physiological emergencies come less and less often.
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I was born and raised in Louisiana - a small town called Ferriday, north of Baton Rouge.
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Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.
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I wanted to be consistent with my exercise, so I committed to working out for 30 days in a row, no matter what.
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I guess people have a hard time dealing with humour in music. But sometimes life is depressing, and sometimes life is fun, is about just laughing with your friends, and I wanted to express that as well as the darker stuff.
