Jim Ratcliffe Quotes
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And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow.
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People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
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Being able to walk out of the studio after a week of intense recording and jump into a cold sea and sit in a hot spring and soak for a few hours completely resets the whole system. Really refreshing. For me, it's all about stepping out of the ordinary. Even psychically.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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With bikes, it is absolutely the case that you will get what you pay for. Invest in quality so it will endure wear and tear.
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'The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of.
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There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America itself, one enabled and encouraged by our roads and highways.
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I do love getting dressed up, but sometimes it's glam and edgy mixed together.
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I can't understand why someone wouldn't have a degree of sympathy for people that had to flee their country, travel to try and find their home somewhere, and nobody wants them. How could you not be a little bit sympathetic?
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To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.
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I remember 'Def Comedy Jam' being a big deal and kids talking about it in school, but it was never, 'I want to do that.'
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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When I say I'm an authentic conservative, it's because when you look at who I am and where I come from, it'd be a lot easier to have grown up a Democrat.
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I give two hoots about being typecast. It's not in my hands.
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Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests in their house, that we are new wood grafted onto their tree.
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In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully.
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There are certain things that are too painful for people to even write about sometimes, and there are certain things that are too hard to read about again.
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Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
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From 1999 through 2001, I was an editor at a now-defunct magazine about the media industry called 'Brill's Content' that eventually merged with a now-defunct website about the media industry called Inside.com.
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The fashion I've acquired over the years is so sacred to me – from costumes to couture, high fashion to punk wear I've collected from my secret international hot spots. I keep everything in an enormous archive in Hollywood.
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The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.
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Own your joy so that you can be happier and bring more energy to the world. That ripple effect works on a quantum level. It brings about changes in the world.
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I'm not sure we could spell 'shale' in 2008.
