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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The intricacies, the problems, the trials and tribulations in relationships inspire me to give words to people's journeys.
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I love all kinds of music, and I would write really traditional country songs and songs that were just really out there, that didn't sound country at all, and everything in between.
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I read in the paper that I'd slashed my wrists. But I didn't.
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There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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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 would like Americans to make things with their hands. Thomas Jefferson and I feel that makes for a much stronger nation.
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My wife - to-be and I went to see my father. Only he could answer the two questions before us: Shall we get married now? Shall I begin the practice of law, or continue being the successful wine salesman I had become, working my way through law school?
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I enjoyed retirement the right way... linguine con vongole, red wine and plenty of truffle cheese.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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You can consider me like fine wine. I just get better with age.
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My idea of a fine wine was one that merely stained your teeth without stripping the enamel.
