Clive James (Vivian Leopold James) Quotes
My idea of a fine wine was one that merely stained your teeth without stripping the enamel.
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Spend enough time around success and failure, and you learn a reverence for possibility.
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Disney's Tomorrowland is deeply, thoroughly, almost furiously unimaginative.
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I like to laugh and make people have fun.
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Science does not limit itself merely to what is currently verifiable. But it is interested in questions that are potentially verifiable (or, rather, falsifiable).
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Having this other career in music made me work harder as an actress. It's made me more professional.
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Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun.
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I don't think you can climb Mount Everest with a broken leg, but I did break my leg prior to going to Mount Everest, so I was really climbing with a healing broken leg. I had the good fortune of climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. That was a goal that I had.
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I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul. I also love the city because I live there, it has formed me, and it's me. Of course it is natural. If somebody lived all his life in Delhi, he will write about Delhi.
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Nothing fires me up like losing. It certainly makes you want to go that extra bit.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.
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I didn't act in school. I didn't study acting, either. I learned everything when I got to New York.
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Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
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Stay externally focused - on your customers - and focus internally when you have to hire.
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Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do not require succession, since they are always about to exist?
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I feel for the players.
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There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don't forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads. My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home. I'm not allowed to get a big head; I've still got to do the simple things in life.
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Katrina did much more damage than anything the terrorists could ever put together.
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I'm a big fan of Rand Paul; he and I are good friends. I don't agree with him on foreign policy.
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Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know - I've been using it for years.
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The overall purpose of human communication is - or should be - reconciliation. It should ultimately serve to lower or remove the walls of misunderstanding which unduly separate us human beings, one from another.
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Actually, my wine was served at the White House twice. Reagan must have been asleep when he ordered it.
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The pleasures of friendship, of unreserved conversation, of similarity of taste and opinions will make good amends for orange wine.
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I don't drink tea or coffee. I'm like a child: I like fruit juices and sodas and creamy hot chocolate.
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My idea of a fine wine was one that merely stained your teeth without stripping the enamel.
