Jim Lynch Quotes
I do think that there are gray lines of morality in a newsroom, when it comes to some stories. The best-intentioned journalist still has a difficult mission, to try to boil down people.
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These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.
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I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
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Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.
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Where I'm focused now is how I get more women leaders. We decided not to just look outside the company for great women to hire, but to help women rise up through the ranks internally.
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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I placed my new novel, 'The Book of Lost Fragrances', in Paris, knowing it would be a challenge. But the book belonged in the city that is one of the greatest perfume capitals of the world and has been since for more than three centuries.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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I miss my horse. He's in Los Angeles.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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I love to see a wood full of bluebells. Growing up in the Kent countryside, I have special memories of this brief annual spectacle.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication.
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When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.
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Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job.
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But you don't get into a business because of personal tastes.
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I remember trying to be funny, and both of my parents were terribly funny. My father was also very dignified, but my mother was an absolute ding-a-ling, a ripper.
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I'm not an easygoing guy as a director.
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I can't change the past, and I don't think I would. I don't expect to be understood. I like what I've written, the stories and two novels. If I had to give up what I've written in order to be clear of this disease, I wouldn't do it.
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In our marriage, the success of our athletic dreams comes before everything. 'Hey do you want to watch a movie?' 'No, I have a hard workout tomorrow.'
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I do think that there are gray lines of morality in a newsroom, when it comes to some stories. The best-intentioned journalist still has a difficult mission, to try to boil down people.
