James Durbin Quotes
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It is so important for girls and boys to have a female, strong superhero to look up to.
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Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in.
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What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.
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In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
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Everyone in Tool is interested in how we present our music. We write a group of songs that have a vibe, energy and feeling, and then we try to pick an image to capture that and communicate a feeling. We want something that adds to the connection with the audience.
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Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job.
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Travel, of course, narrows the mind.
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Superhero stories are kind of in my DNA from childhood on, so I think I'm genetically drawn to playing in the genre when the opportunity presents itself.
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When I am playing baseball, I give it all that I have on the ball field. When the ball game is over, I certainly don't take it home. My little girl who is sitting out there wouldn't know the difference between a third strike and a foul ball. We don't talk about baseball at home.
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'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' is not a direct-to-video, low-budget sequel: it's a big film. And it'd be fantastic to have the opportunity to see it on the IMAX screens at the same time, and IMAX has made arrangements with us for that to happen.
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Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help.
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Everything starts from a dot.
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And of course in America you've got American football and baseball and all those other ball games, soccer has become a little niche that the women have kind of filled.
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There are two ways in which a science develops; in response to problems which is itself creates, and in response to problems that are forced on it from the outside.
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Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.
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Are you Earthseed? Do you believe? Belief will not save you. Only actions guided and shaped by belief and knowledge will save you. BeliefInitiates and guides action - or it does nothing.
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We are not hated for who we are. We are hated for what we do. It is not our principles that have spawned pandemic hatred of America in the Islamic world. It is our policies.
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People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas.
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Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.
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We don't have enough data about how lifestyle decisions impact our health.
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The more you read, the better you are at writing, no matter what you're writing. A lot of songwriters miss that and don't see the connection there, and I've always felt like you're more able to communicate if you have a bigger toolbox to work with.
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It's really rare that an entire genre of music allows an artist from a different genre to come and live there.
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It was always a great challenge: how can I make a dreampop album that's still very Alcest, but not a ripoff - how to keep the core.
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It is what it is, it is what you make it.
