James Arthur Quotes
My first instinct is always to fight back because ever since I was a kid, that's what I've always had to do to survive.
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Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.
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When we come to understand nature, we are touching the most deep and most important parts of ourself.
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There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it's necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.
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Mine has been a concern for the people, a concern to maintain stability, a concern to get people working together racially, ethnically, rich and poor - all segments of the city.
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I tell you, it's funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
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I have a lot of friends that are ex-Miss Alabamas and ex-Miss Georgias.
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Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
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You have to be very brave in that first writing session.
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I've always fought for my country, in my own way, showing that Filipinos are a strong people and can do anything that they put their minds to.
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I wanted to deliver babies and become a midwife. I think childbirth is one of the most amazing things you could ever experience, and I loved working with people and seeing the joys in family when they welcome a new member to it. It really brought me joy to be around that.
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John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is the towering example of his poor judgment. Palin's ignorance of public affairs is monumental.
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To imagine is the characteristic act, not of the poet's mind, or the painter's, or the scientist's, but of the mind of man.
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To ordinary folks, conversion is not always automatic. It's something that may or may not require explicit assistance. See Billy Graham.
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I love research. I love learning...
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Deep inside, I am a shy man. And in the presence of colorful characters, I am a clam. I never try to out-eccentric the eccentricsǃ
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I work hard, and managing an inventory-based business can be extremely stressful. The upside is that, as long as I get my job done, I can take time off pretty much any time I want.
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Beyonce, Otis Redding, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, and Adele are a few of my favorites.
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What you can say, what French parents say to their kids is, 'You don't have to eat everything, honey, you just have to taste it.' And it's that tasting little by little by little that gets kids more familiar with the food and more comfortable with it and more likely to eat it the next time.
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I have appealed to the constitution and laws of my country; if they fail to protect me, I appeal to God, and with Him I cheerfully rest my cause. I can die at my post, but I cannot desert it.
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Everything hurt. I closed my eyes, pressing my cheek to the street, and waited. What for, I didn't know. To be rescued. Or found. But no one came. All I'd ever thought I wanted was to be left alone. Until I was.
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I knew, at a very young age, that I was supposed to be a gunfighter.
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I think my attitude to human beings has changed since leaving prison.
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My first instinct is always to fight back because ever since I was a kid, that's what I've always had to do to survive.
