James Victor Scott (Jimmy Scott) Quotes
In show business, generally you don't retire. If you love it, that is, you're in it forever anyway.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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My job is to train hard, go fight, and do my best.
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Back in 1999 and 2000, a few of us... a very few of us... Douglas Clegg, Seth Godin and I... offered free electronic copies of our books in an effort to reach an audience we otherwise wouldn't have reached and to test out a new marketing concept for books. Despite the industry screaming we were crazy, it worked.
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Part of what makes America strong is our resilience, tenacity, innovation and our willingness to be optimistic about our future. I know that President Obama is absolutely the best president to lead our country in the right direction.
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It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.
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Any deal that allows Iran to enrich uranium, which allows them to ultimately break out within a few months with a nuclear weapon, is a disaster for the world.
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I do think people are definitely sick of the Kardashians.
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If I present a boring personal life to my readers, it's going to be harder for them to think of my novels as thrilling.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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You don't have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.
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Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
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I am a big fan of movies that don't take themselves too seriously. You know you won't change the world, but have fun. Movies like 'Butch Cassidy' I enjoyed tremendously, but it didn't alter my opinion of the world.
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Just because someone looks old doesn't mean he or she is. The skin of some people who spend a lot of time outdoors seems to age very rapidly. Someone can look 80 or 90 and only be 40 to 50.
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There are stereotypes that have been out there for a long time that tell girls that their main asset, the main thing that they are valued for, is their appearance and also that it's to the exclusion of anything else.
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We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
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I do Taekwondo and sometimes I paint.
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I'm thinking to myself, I just love doing the art, it takes me a morning to do.
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They don't pay me enough to take any racial abuse. If you come up to me and say something racially, I'm going to take your head off.
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In all my science fiction movies, I try to blend the familiar with the futuristic so as not to be too off-putting to the audience. There is always something familiar they can grab onto.
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These days the biggest issue is how many calories you consume. So all of this stuff distracts people from thinking about calories.
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The one thing we know today is we can't continue to do business the way we have in the past.
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In show business, generally you don't retire. If you love it, that is, you're in it forever anyway.
