James Brown Quotes
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I grew up on films.
Sam Rockwell -
It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
Laura Schlessinger -
My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
J. Michael Straczynski -
Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.
Ed Koch -
When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best.
Nathan Fillion
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Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
E. W. Howe -
Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
Bai Ling -
Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
Nat Wolff -
Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
Xavier Becerra -
I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
Natalie Dormer -
Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
Dag Hammarskjold
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When I first started playing in a band, before the Beatles, working bands played standards and they saved their rock material til the end of the night when they were really stretched out. It could be pretty lame.
Wayne Kramer -
I think what has helped me is that I've never thought of myself as a child star. If you think of yourself like that, you might have problems!
Dakota Fanning -
Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.
Ornette Coleman -
I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.
Rachel Weisz -
My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.
Laura Marling -
As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
Kara Swisher
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For 'Ghostbusters,' the thing that makes it such an amazing franchise and an amazing idea is that it is adds the element of physics and technology. It's not just about ghosts. Who the heck came up with that? It is such a good idea, such a unique combination of stuff from different genres. Ghosts and sci fi.
Kate McKinnon -
For instance, the notion of non-penal substitution. This idea, found in the work of the nineteenth century Scottish Reformed theologian John McLeod Campbell and based upon his reading of the letter to the Hebrews in particular, is that Christ offers up his life and death as a penitential act on our behalf, rather than as a punishment in our stead.
Oliver D. Crisp -
I believe that, if managed well, the Fourth Industrial Revolution can bring a new cultural renaissance, which will make us feel part of something much larger than ourselves: a true global civilization. I believe the changes that will sweep through society can provide a more inclusive, sustainable and harmonious society. But it will not come easily.
Klaus Schwab -
Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.
Daisaku Ikeda -
Use new drugs quickly, while they still work.
Armand Trousseau -
This is a revolution of the mind, get your mind together and get away from drugs.
James Brown