James A. Baldwin Quotes
I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
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Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.
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In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
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You just have to re-wire your brain when you're shifting from the stage to the screen or the silver screen or the HD flat screen.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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If you're going to play a villain, there's no greater compliment than being told that you give people nightmares. I never thought I would be the actor that would give people nightmares.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.
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If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.
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We have a great country, we are a great nation - let us trust in it.
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At first, I didn't really have a passion for acting.
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I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.
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In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.
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Every season I try to top myself, and push it a little further.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay!
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For me, with music, there is no half-stepping. This is my calling.
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I'm not opposed to doing a fashion line, but I want to make sure it's the right thing and make sure its something people actually want instead of putting out a bunch of stuff that's already been done.
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Since the Middle Ages, people have been writing about angels. Angelology was actually at one point a scholastic discipline.
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As you know, I get a lot of abuse on Twitter. And while I'm abroad on training camp, I train three times a day, often for two hours a time, and I haven't got time to respond to all the people that ask questions.
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Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness.
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People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
