James Arthur Quotes

I've made mistakes, and I'm very aware of them, and I've tried to better myself from those mistakes.

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• People get TV deals by doing something in their grandmother's basement. It is definitely the wave. Everybody is trying to do all that stuff. I mean, the Internet is the only reason that I've gotten work is because I've somehow created a line and people have seen it. And then I've been asked to auditions.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • People
  • Work
  • Trying

• I love this planet... I want to see the environment preserved and I want to see the human race preserved. And I'd like to see everybody living decently in a more equitable, kind-hearted, thoughtful, generous world.

  

  Ted Turner
  • World
  • Love
  • Want

• I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.

  

  Ed Miliband
  • People
  • Great
  • God

• Black-and-white always looks modern, whatever that word means.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Black
  • Looks
  • Black-and-white

• A woman can never have enough shoes.

  

  Kajal Aggarwal
  • Woman
  • Enough
  • Shoes

• I find it's really hard for anybody to meet anyone. I'm not big on dates anyways. I still have to work that out.

  

  Naya Rivera
  • Work
  • Find
  • Meet

• Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don't just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It's a daily struggle.

  

  Jackee Harry
  • Life
  • Work
  • Trying

• Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.

  

  H. G. Wells
  • Wise
  • Sad
  • Sorry

• The job of the president of the United States is to talk to the public, is to explain to them. Now, some presidents talk too much, like Bill Clinton. Some presidents try to talk but don't know how, like George Bush senior.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Job
  • Know
  • Try

• I dance. A lot. I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm.

  

  Inga Muscio
  • Work
  • Joy
  • Dance

• My job is to notice echoes and notice resonances. Scientists are not supposed to do the same thing that cultural critics do.

  

  Naomi Wolf
  • Job
  • Same
  • Critics

• Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.

  

  Viktor E. Frankl
  • Success
  • Happiness
  • Caring

• I believe that in this world it is impossible to understand God.

  

  Pat Buckley
  • World
  • God
  • Believe

• To have someone like Clint Eastwood come along and shoot your first draft as written is just any screenwriter's dream. And Clint is very straightforward. If it's good enough to get his attention, it's good enough to produce.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Good
  • Dream
  • Attention

• When you make a movie independently, you raise the money beforehand, and then you make the movie kind of by yourself.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Money
  • Movie
  • You

• In a popular medium, you're going to get loads of stuff that is trite, but there'll also be some really special moments.

  

  Kate Bush
  • You
  • Moments
  • Popular

• I don't think my vocals demand effects. I like reverb to a certain extent, but I don't want to hide my voice. I like stripped-down vocals, but I also like crazy, powerful, doubled vocals like in dance or electronic music.

  

  Victoria Legrand Beach House
  • Music
  • Crazy
  • Powerful

• After a post-Bill Berry softening with albums like 'Up' and 'Reveal,' R.E.M. seems to be toughening up again; on the strength of the first single, 'Discoverer,' the band's new record looks to continue with the same muscular rock and roll that defined its last album, 'Accelerate.'

  

  Karan Mahajan
  • Up
  • Single
  • Band

• We all look to have transcendent experiences that lift us out of the everyday, and fear is a good one. But, I think it's the same reason why people want to laugh their heads off.

  

  Adam Arkin
  • People
  • Good
  • Why

• I wish I was taller or curvier, but I'm happy with the way I look.

  

  Sarah Hyland
  • Look
  • Taller

• ...More important than the deficit, more important then healthcare-more important than anything-we have got to do something about our energy strategy. Because if we permit the climate to continue to warm at an unsustainable rate, and if we keep on doing what we're doing until we're out of oil and we haven't made the transition, then it's inconceivable to me that our children and grandchildren will be able to maintain the American way of life and that the world won't be much fuller of resource-based wars of all kinds.

  

  Bill Clinton
  • Health care
  • Deficit
  • Energy strategy

• Trust is very important. In 'Goodfellas' in the 'Go home and get your shine box!' scene, we must have filmed 15 takes. If you played each take back, the timing would be exactly the same each time.

  

  Frank Vincent
  • Time
  • Important
  • Home

• I only want to do small parts for now.

  

  Claudia Schiffer
  • Small
  • Parts

• I've made mistakes, and I'm very aware of them, and I've tried to better myself from those mistakes.

  

  James Arthur