Jim Webb Quotes
I learned long ago on the battlefields of Vietnam that in a crisis, there is no substitute for clear-eyed leadership.
Quotes to Explore
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I keep dumbbells in my trailer, and I work out between takes.
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We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.
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I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.
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In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.
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You have to understand your own personal DNA. Don't do things because I do them or Steve Jobs or Mark Cuban tried it. You need to know your personal brand and stay true to it.
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Grand Slam losses are hard. I treat myself after losses though, I usually go to McDonald's and I have a hamburger and you know, something. Because you know, you just need to be nice to yourself sometimes after the loss.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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The very first thing I ever did, I was doing some work for the French Cultural Center. They wanted a little recording set up. And I got wire. A wire recorder. The wire came off spools, and to cut and edit, you tied it together in little square knots. Can you imagine?
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I realized I didn't want to be a photographer. I gave it up, but I still worked that job in the restaurant and I found myself constantly hanging out in the kitchen.
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To say that people would cease to come to California if they would have to pay more taxes is to underestimate the advantages of being in California - mightily.
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After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style.
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If you take shortcuts, you get cut short.
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.
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I like to do Pilates.
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There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
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Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
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Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.
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Great visual effects serve story and character and in doing so, are, by their very definition, invisible.
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In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.
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Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long.
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I learned long ago on the battlefields of Vietnam that in a crisis, there is no substitute for clear-eyed leadership.
