A new political-entertainment class has moved into the noisy void once occupied by the sage pontiffs of yore, a class just as polarized as our partisan divide: one side holding up a fun-house mirror to folly, the other side reveling in its own warped reflection.


James Wolcott

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JAMES DEAN
You try to be yourself, do only what you've always done and like to do, and right away, you'...
JAMES DEAN
Racing is the only time I feel whole.
JAMES DEAN
Death can't be considered because, if you're afraid to die, there's no room in your life...
JAMES DEAN
I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how ...
JAMES DEAN
Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.
KEVIN JAMES
The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why...
JAMES WOODS
I've done a lot of work in the gym preparing myself for what is certain to be pretty strenuous p...
JAMES HIBBERD
Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic current...
WILLIAM JAMES
Words played an important part in my growing up. Not only the written word... but words that flew th...
JAMES HOWE
The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perce...
WILLIAM JAMES
Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration,...
JAMES LANKFORD
I'm a big cardigan sweater guy.
JAMES FRANCO
No one forgets their first love. You're experiencing all those endorphins and all that dopamine ...
JAMES MARSDEN
I loved all the princess films, and I grew up with them, and I think it's really cool how they&#...
LILY JAMES
You can't fuel real economic growth with indiscriminate credit. You can only fuel it with well-a...
JAMES SUROWIECKI
Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the sho...
JAMES HECKMAN
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
WILLIAM JAMES
No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of respondin...
JAMES ALLEN
A man is literally what he thinks.
JAMES ALLEN
The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a ...
JAMES ALLEN
The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and y...
JAMES ALLEN
I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.
LEBRON JAMES
There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I p...
LEBRON JAMES
I'm confident with my ability.
LEBRON JAMES
Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and l...
LEBRON JAMES
But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the ...
LEBRON JAMES
There are some teams and logos you see, no matter where you are in the world, and you know exactly w...
LEBRON JAMES
Warren Buffet told me once and he said always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you h...
LEBRON JAMES
Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.
LEBRON JAMES
When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.
LEBRON JAMES
I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.
LEBRON JAMES
I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.
LEBRON JAMES
Last year, I was on Threat Matrix. We were on Thursday against Friends and Survivor; so this year it...
JAMES DENTON
There's nothing wrong with falling in love and sharing your life with someone.
LILY JAMES
Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place ...
JAMES TAYLOR
I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.
LEBRON JAMES
I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
JAMES THOMSON
It's hard to know which stars in the sky will turn into black holes. And which ones will open up...
JAMES ALTUCHER
The James Brown story is not about James Brown. It's about who's getting paid, whose interes...
JAMES MCBRIDE
The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch.
JAMES MCBRIDE
In a way, light unites the spiritual world and the ephemeral, physical world. People frequently talk...
JAMES TURRELL
I know there's Brooklyn and all the boroughs, but Manhattan specifically is so condensed that th...
THEO JAMES
The men whose manhood you have broken will loathe you, and will always be brooding and scheming to s...
JAMES LARKIN
Supernatural movies generally have a much more brooding pace. If you look at films like 'The Six...
JAMES WAN