James Brown Quotes
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I have a family to support. And I'm not always going to be doing exactly what I want to do.
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I'm not an American, but I have this weird connection to America in different ways through my dad living here for five years, my godfather being an American who I'm very close to.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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I certainly didn't reach out to my old assets and ask 'em how they're doing, although I would have liked to.
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But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.
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Remember that we are all human beings trying to do what we love to do.
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For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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Ah, I am thinking people put more in their prayers than was ever put in them by God.
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I started to get very well recognized in the early seventies as the only man in the United States who had been elected three times to the board of NOW in New York City.
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On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays? It must be emphasized here above all that to attain really decisive progress greater funds must be made available.
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When I first met my wife, I really just settled down quite a bit and I started living a much cleaner lifestyle. I was able to concentrate on things that I neglected in the past a little more and I was spending a lot more time at home than I normally would.
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To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
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I drink a gallon of water a day.
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Oh. Yes. There. Is. A. Lot of pressure. As a solo singer. Absolutely.
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I haven't had an orthodox career.
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I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.
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I talk about Beyonce too much. I am a diehard.
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The entire time I was up shooting 'Suits,' I was running back to my trailer to help get 'Nine Circles' produced. It's a no-brainer for me to keep that part of life alive.
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The most important impact on society and the world is the cell phone. Cell phones have actually been one of the primary drivers in productivity improvements.
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All of these different strands in me - the black, the white, the African - all of that has contributed directly to my success because when I meet people, I see a piece of myself in them. And maybe they see a piece of themselves in me.
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It is good to connect to someone who reminds you that you have some real authenticity.
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Tell the politicians and the hustlers: live and let live.
