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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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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LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them.
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And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
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I'm someone who's quite anxious and stresses out a lot and gives the impression that I'm laid back.
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I want to be strong. I want to be able to hit people. I want people to be able to bounce off me. When I go out there and play, I play to intimidate people. If someone gets hit down by me, they're going to think twice about coming near me again.
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In Sweden, I went to an English school, where there was a mishmash of people from all over the world. Some were diplomatic kids with a lot of money, some were ghetto kids who came up from the suburbs, and I grew up in between. There's a community of second generation immigrants, and I became part of that because I had an American father.
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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.
