Alice James Quotes
I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty more.Alice James
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Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent.
Gael Garcia Bernal -
You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
Napoleon Hill -
The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry.
Dan Jenkins -
Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
Carl Sagan -
It's a notion that career-oriented women often neglect their families. But we should cut them some flak; these women are doing everything for the sake of family so that it progresses. I believe when kids see their mothers working hard, they take up responsibilities at home and are far more well-turned out than other children.
Madhuri Dixit -
I don't believe in alcohol. It's a sort of a medicinal necessity for the human condition, none of that stuff. I'm not a gambling man.
T. J. Miller
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Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.
Babe Ruth -
We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections.
Larry J. Sabato -
Sticking with your vision and what you believe in is so, so important.
Zendaya -
The minute I put my leg on a horse and say, 'Come on, let's go,' I absolutely believe that the horse and I can do it and that we will do it. And I am always shocked when we actually don't do it. If the analytical mind ever overrode that optimist in me, I'd be in some serious trouble.
Ian Millar -
I don't know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it's true. We aren't satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -
Anyone can die. Rule number one is don't get too attached to a character, anyone can go.
Jack Huston
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Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
A. Bartlett Giamatti -
People on both sides of any conflict believe they are right, whether it's on a TV show or in the real world.
Mandy Patinkin -
I believe that God wants us to show respect.
Victoria Osteen -
I believe a true Hindu in India could never have endorsed the killing of the Mahatma.
Kapil Sibal -
Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?
Patricia Clarkson -
I believe in tackling things you're afraid of.
Hannah Storm
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[On her collaboration with Adolph Green:] We stare at each other. We meet, whether or not we have a project, just to keep up a continuity of working. There are long periods when nothing happens, and it's just boring and disheartening. But we have a theory that nothing's wasted, even those long days of staring at one another. You sort of have to believe that, don't you? That you had to go through all that to get to the day when something did happen.
Betty Comden -
Human beings are social animals; we devote a significant portion of our brain just to dealing with interactions with other humans.
Jamais Cascio -
I'm into 'House of Cards.' 'Breaking Bad' - my God, did I binge on that!
Carol Burnett -
Envision what the end result is supposed to be... what do you want to be when you grow up? Where do you see yourself? Once we identify what the painting on the wall is, it is so much easier to bring in the right colors, canvas and brushes to paint that picture.
Fat Joe -
Tea - the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
William Cowper -
I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty more.
Alice James