Clive James (Vivian Leopold James) Quotes
The sure sign of a weak man who ascends to glory is that he can't tolerate having strong men around him.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
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Kai-Fu's Innovation Works is the top very-early-stage fund in China. We are proud to be an investor, and hope that IW will help to produce in China companies on the scale of Facebook, Zynga, or Groupon.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels.
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I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, 'I wanted my first son to be named Dallas.'
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Words are but the signs of ideas.
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Even though I had been boxing, I had no idea I could beat somebody in the ring. And I had no idea I could really take a punch. When I realized that, I really started taking off.
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Secrecy is one of the shadier sides of private and public life.
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Ed is very sexy because his emotions are really there - not forced.
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Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going forward.
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I think the last game console I had was Super Nintendo. I remember once I played the Sega Genesis. But Super Nintendo was my last game device. I played outside more. I liked kickball and baseball.
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I think Hollywood makes the mistake of mixing all these identities and cultures, mostly from the Middle East.
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And there is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean.
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Half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm funny-looking and ugly. The other half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm fascinating. Everything neutralises. It's more of a statement on society and how weird it is.
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There are many more serial killers living outside the prison walls than inside.
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It's kind of nice to play somebody that isn't psychotic or half-machine or dead or dying or on a spaceship somewhere.
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A lot of times Mick will play me different things, or I'll listen to a cassette, and out of twenty ideas or whatever, I'll find two or three that are just blowing me away, and we'll start working on them right away.
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You don't take a dead cat to the vet. I mean you might, but why?
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'Wages Of Sin' was the first metal album I ever bought, and it was love at first listen.
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My mental approach is totally different. My coach predicated everything on defense. He always talked about defense, defense, defense. I took it to heart that if you play defense, you can take the heart from an offensive player.
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Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. Our hope for creative living lies in our ability to reestablish the spiritual needs of our lives in personal character and social justice. Without this spiritual and moral reawakening we shall destroy ourselves in the misuse of our own instruments.
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The sure sign of a weak man who ascends to glory is that he can't tolerate having strong men around him.
