Jim Webb Quotes
There is nothing that's been in any of my novels that, in my view, hasn't been either illuminating surroundings or defining a character or moving a plot.
Quotes to Explore
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I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.
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Try letting a Kindle protect your heart from sniper fire!
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A trade war would be a disaster for the world. It's very easy to slip into a trade war.
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Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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There are times I think it might be nice to have deep-pocketed limited partners to provide me with some cushion. But I enjoy having no responsibilities except to myself, financially.
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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
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The essential problems remain the same... The kids I write about are asking for the same things I wanted. They want two contradictory things. They want to be the same as everyone else, and they want to be different from everyone else. They want acceptance for both.
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I'm interested in personalities, not political parties.
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When I grew up, I thought I was Jewish. Now I don't consider myself Jewish. I consider myself a Kabbalist.
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It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.
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No hero is mortal till he dies.
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I don't plot with huge detail, just big moments and important elements, and then I have a structure but can fly by the seat of my pants when I write.
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Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
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What does it really mean to have something change in you very late in your life, after you've structured your life in a different way? What does it mean to be someone who has had a history of sometimes reckless living, and then to really want to change yourself?
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Morality in Europe today is herd-morality.
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Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.
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Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
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Dialogue is what a character's willing to share and reveal to another character, and the 90% they aren't willing to share is what I do for a living.
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There is nothing that's been in any of my novels that, in my view, hasn't been either illuminating surroundings or defining a character or moving a plot.
