Lennie James Quotes
The breadth of work that's possible is wider and deeper for someone who looks like me in the States than it is in the U.K.
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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If you think Wall Street has a short memory, you're dead wrong. No, the folks who work on Wall Street, regulate Wall Street - and, above all, invest in its wares, notably its hedge funds - don't have a bad memory. They don't have any memory at all.
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With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
Nastassja Kinski
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I'm a fixer, unfortunately. I'm like, 'Oh, I can fix you.' But it's not just guys I'm dating anymore. It's this entire legion of young girls who tell me they need me to maintain any sort of sanity or peace.
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I'm a weekday warrior who takes our Georgia values to Washington, and on the weekends, I'm back home.
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There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
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It has always been a dream of mine to put a play on film.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.
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I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome.
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Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
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Living in a zoo means it wasn't always sparkly dresses, but I would still dress up. I had this pink sparkly dress and fairy wings, and I'd put those on and then go and dance in the zoo.
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The future is a matter of contempt for those with courage. - Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Less mess, less stress. That's my rule! If you don't stay on top of decluttering, it can get out of control. I maintain as much as possible. I'll do seasonal edits and decide what we can toss or donate. If we don't love it, need it or haven't used it in the past year, it's gone.
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As long as offices are open to all men and no constitutional rank is established, it is pure republicanism.
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Democracy means the belief that humanistic culture should prevail.
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The breadth of work that's possible is wider and deeper for someone who looks like me in the States than it is in the U.K.
