J. C. Watts Quotes
You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation of trade.
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At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.
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Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.
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Most people are interested in seeing 27-year-old women who are in movies somehow connected to sex. It's interesting to everyone. Especially little movies that are having trouble getting made, there's always sex.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you've been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.
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Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.
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I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.
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The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good.
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Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
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Gautham was a premature baby. I remember when doctors said that his health condition was critical, I was tense. I could afford the treatment, but a lot of commoners can't. I believe more children's lives can be saved if we work towards it.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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I believe that when things are easy, people stay dormant.
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There's something really fun about being scared, and I guess that was at least part of why I wanted to film certain scenes from my new book, 'Skeleton Creek.'
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In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
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I basically never believed that I was a commercial actor. Just because of the outcome of many auditions over time. No one hired me.
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Not every film I do is going to be like 'Selma,' but every film I do can be edifying, can be something that points toward I believe to be true. I'm not one to shy away from darkness in movies as long as there is light.
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When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had too much vanity to be an entertainer. I think that some layers of vanity came off.
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People often say that stress is a motivator. What we're referring to when we say this is really better described as stimulation and engagement.
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In New York, I much prefer playing older because as characters get older, they get more interesting.
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You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.
