James Edward Olliges Jr. (Jim James) Quotes
Preservation Hall is the sound of joy. When they start playing, people start moving.James Edward Olliges Jr.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
Fatima Sana Shaikh -
I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
O. J. Simpson -
I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters.
Eddie Murphy -
I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have to drive everyone around me mad with the repetition.
Natascha McElhone -
Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
E. Stanley Jones
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Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace.
Vaclav Havel -
Ask any teenage girl to describe her perfect bedroom, and you'll get answers like 'a room with a private phone line, a place to hang out with friends, and for it to be way-cool and funky.' Ask parents the same question, and 'a locked door that opens on their 21st birthday' might top the list!
Candice Olson -
Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.
Jack Benny -
I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
Becki Newton -
Bruckner's Eighth is a colossus.
Zubin Mehta -
Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.
Oleg Cassini
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
Patrick Wilson -
The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
Quentin Crisp -
World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.
Youssou N'Dour -
Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I think Mickey Gall's going to be really good.
Daniel Cormier -
I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.
Karin Slaughter
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I love immigrants. Legal, illegal - they're not to be despised.
Mario Cuomo -
I could probably have an idea one day and then go into the studio and really wanna write about just that idea that I have in mind. Or it can vary with just a simple beat and I just do a bunch of melodies on the track that inspire me.
Amanda Ava Koci -
I did candles because I wanted a candle to put in my home. I couldn't find one I liked.
Matthew Williamson -
Preservation Hall is the sound of joy. When they start playing, people start moving.
James Edward Olliges Jr.