James Arthur Quotes
I always made my songs very conversational, and if anyone ever has a conversation with me, they know I'm a very open guy, very open and honest.
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When a man interrupts a woman in mid-sentence, it reveals much about him. First, it shows he hasn't been listening to what she is saying, and secondly, it indicates that he doesn't want to listen to what she will say. Her views are not important.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
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I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.
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I love cooking and baking.
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Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.
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I did an 'Our Town' in San Diego in the seventies with amateurs that I can tear up just thinking about.
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I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
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I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause was the same.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
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The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
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I believe that every person, male and female, needs to be in a protective mode at all times of alertness to potential danger. The world is full of potential attacks, potential disasters.
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Living in Cape Breton, it's really all about fiddle music, so it's not like there were other instruments out there that tempted me and it was like I had to decide which one. It was automatically fiddle, because it's the predominant instrument in Cape Breton Island.
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Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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Do I love the road? Honestly? No - but it's how I earn my living. I also don't have the blues, like it's some kind of fever. The blues is my job. It's what I do.
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Dating is for tools.
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Sure, we all have problems and we all have our mess, and what happens tomorrow is anyone's guess, but there's no need and no benefit to let yourself stress, because for one and for all... life is blessed!
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By the very nature of his art, which depends on invention and innovation, a story teller must depart from the beaten track and, having done so, occasionally startle and disagree with some of his associates. Healthy disagreement we must have.
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I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.
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Originally, I didn't want to say too much about the art.
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I always made my songs very conversational, and if anyone ever has a conversation with me, they know I'm a very open guy, very open and honest.
