Jim Messina Quotes
I realized being together was a bigger thing than any of us alone. So that clinched it for me. That made me want to explore it further.
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All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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I don't mind what the role is at all; I just want to play cool characters.
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'Marco Polo' had some negative reactions in the press. Viewers have loved it, and the volume of viewing has been phenomenal.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.
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If I sit down to write a young-adult novel, then I'm going to write either to the punch-pulling expectation of what I can't do, or I'm going to go the other way and think about what can I sneak in to be 'down with the kids' - which would be excruciating.
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You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God.
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The three main sources of scepticism are first, that not every people desires freedom; second, that democracy in certain parts of the world would be dangerous; and third, that there is little the world's democracies can do to advance freedom outside their countries.
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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 was one of those annoying kids that loves singing and entertaining.
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Celebrity is seen by a huge amount of people and certainly myself for a while as the pinnacle of society, of success. It is revered almost religiously, both the institution and its quickly growing member base.
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London is like a girlfriend I loved, then really fell out with.
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To me, there's no great chef without a great team.
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There is no safe standard to tell man from animals.
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A small item but the point is Nixon came in, shut it down, there was the shooting at Kent State, and gosh, I know liberals don't like it and when you look on Nexis and oh, the whole country was embarrassed. Well, I'm not embarrassed. That's what you do with a mob. They were monstrous at Kent State. It was being led by Bill Ayers.
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I can't assume that my kid is going to make the best decision all the time.
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I constantly push my body to meet what my mind wants me to be able to do.
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It's tricky when you're doing a recording, because the only weapon you have is your voice and the delivery of that voice. You don't have a gesture or a facial expression, there are no costumes or set pieces. Everything needs to be present in the voice.
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I realized being together was a bigger thing than any of us alone. So that clinched it for me. That made me want to explore it further.
