Jim McKelvey Quotes
I am absolutely confident that St. Louis can attract major players in technology and make the companies that are here blossom.
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The readers are the ones who let us live our dreams. I try to write books which are really compelling - that you'd take on vacation and rather than going out, you'd read in your hotel room because you had to find out what happened. Hopefully that's what readers are responding to.
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A lot of the stuff about white-supremacist groups was very family-friendly: 'We just love our people.' One the surface, you go, 'Gee, what's wrong with loving your people?' But when you love your people to the exclusion of everything else that's remotely different, that's when you get into trouble.
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I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?
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I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
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Beneficial in theory, so-called free trade agreements far too often have been detrimental to the United States economy and the manufacturing sector that forms its central pillar.
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I want people to recognize me for the work I do now as a model, and not something I did three years ago.
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I've got a 1990 Porsche 911. It's just a Carrera, a very simple, straightforward little thing that goes like stink. I love it.
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I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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Everyone has a temper. A temper is an emotion.
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The idea of doing a production of 'Carousel' that doesn't feel like it's stuck in the 1950s really intrigues me.
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I just love scary movies. I love the thrill.
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There are no major cities I haven't been in - at least once. I'd be just as happy not to go out of town for a couple of months and play with toys.
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I'm inspired every time I see a role I'd like to play, an actor turn in a well crafted performance, a story I'd like to tell, direct or produce.
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I didn't always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.
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People in Russia adapt to misery by a deep, deep humor.
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I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story.
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We still spend more time chasing funds than we do in the studio in creative work.
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I've definitely been typecast, but I have time to do other things and I was glad to have the chances I did.
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All will concede that in order to have good neighbors, we must also be good neighbors. That applies in every field of human endeavor.
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The world is a never-ending cross-reference.
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We have backed off the big push to get computers in primary grades, ... We do have things where kids use technology before they leave fifth grade. But previous studies of the introduction of technology at other schools haven't shown a huge value in learning as a result. When we put something in the classroom, it absolutely has to further what kids need to know. I just don't want to go off in a tangent in one direction without being completely clear that it will pay off for all the kids.
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I am absolutely confident that St. Louis can attract major players in technology and make the companies that are here blossom.
