Jim Knight Quotes
I've always said that I favour an elected second chamber and I think it's important that there are members of the House of Lords who are willing to vote for their own demise.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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I love so many styles of music.
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The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.
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There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
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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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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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You've got the federal government in every part of our lives, doing things wrong.
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Basically, I get paid to be crazy. I get paid to believe I'm someone else, live in a completely false reality, and believe it's real. And that's a little scary. And I do it to the best of my ability. But it's kind of like swimming out to sea. You have to leave enough energy to swim back, and sometimes you get scared you swam too far.
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Explosions are not comfortable.
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People always ask me if I'm nervous about the intense sci-fi fans. To me that doesn't seem weird or scary. I get really intense about my favorite sci-fi shows, my favorite shows in general.
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A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.
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I just have a harder time, I think, feeling close to people without self consciousness.
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I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
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I don't know how I got involved in 'Celebrity Wife Swap.' It came from my agent Hugh. He got the opportunity for me.
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Everything I do is blown out of proportion. It really hurts my feelings.
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All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art.
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I like Disney Channel a lot, and I also like to watch 'Full House.'
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Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It was really important for me to tell a story – my favorite records have a narrative feel.
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I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.
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I've always said that I favour an elected second chamber and I think it's important that there are members of the House of Lords who are willing to vote for their own demise.
