James Blunt quote: "I don't agree with superstitious routines, but there are a couple of things I'll always do before performing. I'll get together with the band and chill out, and then, just before I go on stage, I'll always check my flies."

War is devastating, and it leaves its scars for generations.
JAMES BLUNT

I think having toured the world and seeing many places, I've just been blown away by how we'...
JAMES BLUNT

Being sent away to boarding school at seven is as great an inspiration as any songwriter could have ...
JAMES BLUNT

I have been told by people that I should not be seen clubbing with good-looking women, but I can'...
JAMES BLUNT

I relax by catching up with my friends and family. When I am at home in Ibiza, I find the contrast o...
JAMES BLUNT

I don't think I picked up the guitar in the first place as a way of getting women. There are pro...
JAMES BLUNT

I don't think I was ever designed to be a ubiquitous worldwide star. I'm a singer-songwriter...
JAMES BLUNT

It's taken a long time but eventually when I had the songs in place and demos right and I found ...
JAMES BLUNT

In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind ...
JAMES BLUNT

I stopped doing interviews for a long time because the words were mine, but they were in the wrong o...
JAMES BLUNT

If the Army helped towards my tuition fees I would then give them four years of my life.
JAMES BLUNT

Carrie Fisher was the most remarkable person I've ever known. I made my first three albums in he...
JAMES BLUNT

If you have good songs and a real desire to make music, the next thing to do, instead of approach re...
JAMES BLUNT

I like 'Goodbye My Lover' because it's a really personal song and I recorded it in my la...
JAMES BLUNT

I'm a fairly unaffected human being. I'm easy to talk to, I hope. I'm not too bothered a...
JAMES BLUNT

I have fun with it and I am honest and open about the way I lead my life and don't mislead anyon...
JAMES BLUNT

The showbiz world has to be manipulated to make it more interesting because most people's lives ...
JAMES BLUNT

I always wanted to be a Muppet. So when 'Sesame Street' approached me to guest star, I thoug...
JAMES BLUNT

You're beautifulIt's trueI saw your face In a crowded placeand I dont know what to docause I will ne...
JAMES BLUNT

My guitar survived Kosovo, then I went to visit a record company back in London and fell off my moto...
JAMES BLUNT

School was pretty good about letting me take up music and that's where I had my first musical id...
JAMES BLUNT

To begin with there was the comparisons to David Gray and Damien Rice because they were singer-songw...
JAMES BLUNT

Goodbye My Lover.
JAMES BLUNT

But I think he might be too old for me at 27. I don't think my mum and dad would have that.
JAMES BLUNT

I am very happy to say I look just like my dad. But mothers always think their children are prettier...
JAMES BLUNT

Absolutely, it's a really weird stage because at the minute, I can walk down the street and be u...
JAMES BLUNT

Things take a long time, but when it's right things move fast.
JAMES BLUNT

I know I'm a pop star. But sometime I'd like to be a rock star.
JAMES BLUNT

Sometimes, reading my own media, the negativity can upset me, but I just deal with things on a posit...
JAMES BLUNT

My grandparents live in Cley, and my dad now has the windmill which is a guest house. So I've sp...
JAMES BLUNT

'Top Gear' changed people's perceptions of me. I've had much more positive responses...
JAMES BLUNT

My mum was very good at making me take up musical instruments, so although there was no popular musi...
JAMES BLUNT

I think sensitive is the wrong description of me. I'm British, actually, so quite bad at express...
JAMES BLUNT

I found in my writing that I could express emotions that, as an everyday person, I have no interest ...
JAMES BLUNT

I'm always ready for the enemy to come over the hill. I'm packed and set to go. That comes f...
JAMES BLUNT

You're beautiful
It's true
I saw your face
In a crowded place
and I dont know what ...
JAMES BLUNT

The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past.
MATT BLUNT

Over the next four years, we will be bold. We will be willing to experiment. We will not fear failur...
MATT BLUNT

If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increa...
MATT BLUNT

The decision to join or not join a service union, political party or other organization should be le...
MATT BLUNT

Taxpayers deserve a government that harnesses technology to better serve the people.
MATT BLUNT

In a government such as ours we have vigorous contests to determine who should lead. The recent elec...
MATT BLUNT

In spite of advances in technology and changes in the economy, state government still operates on an...
MATT BLUNT

The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good...
MATT BLUNT

We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and lib...
MATT BLUNT

Public education is an investment in our future.
MATT BLUNT

A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy.
EMILY BLUNT

Americans are a lot more open, of course. There's something more declamatory in the way you expr...
EMILY BLUNT

The performances I enjoy are the ones that are hard to read or ambiguous or left-of-centre because i...
EMILY BLUNT

I'm kind of effectively bipolar.
EMILY BLUNT

Putting together a sustainable budget requires that we all work together, that we focus our scarce r...
ROY BLUNT

When you're in love, you're so happy that you want to tell people about it. But now I have t...
EMILY BLUNT

Why should you have to atone for making big movies?
EMILY BLUNT

In the case of the Democrats' 2009 budget request, the statement of need could not have been art...
ROY BLUNT

Child abuse and neglect offend the basic values of our state. We have a responsibility to provide sa...
MATT BLUNT

The Governor's Mansion is a beautiful home, a beautiful building - we're privileged to have ...
MATT BLUNT

The shortest path to more American jobs is more American energy and more jobs that relate to America...
ROY BLUNT

I was raised - my mom and dad were dairy farmers. Once you've made a decision to plant a crop fo...
ROY BLUNT

I want to find something really wonderful to do next and take my time to search through the dearth o...
EMILY BLUNT

People with mental health problems are almost never dangerous. In fact, they are more likely to be t...
ROY BLUNT

I used to look like a deer in headlights on the red carpet. You step out of the car and it's bed...
EMILY BLUNT

I continue to be a strong believer in the life-saving importance of early detection, and I encourage...
ROY BLUNT

I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have som...
EMILY BLUNT

It's a high-low. Yeah, we played a close game against an undefeated team. But we lost another game.
ANTOINE BLUNT

Law enforcement officials have been candid in identifying ways officers could have handled the situa...
ROY BLUNT

I'm confident that the commitment of the co-chairs of the Ferguson Commission - along with the w...
ROY BLUNT

Personally, I'm an advocate for short engagements. Long sometimes means there is a reason for it...
EMILY BLUNT

The Keystone Pipeline is one common-sense step in the right direction to help put more people back t...
ROY BLUNT

If we're going to talk about economic fairness, or about fairness, one of the most pressing econ...
ROY BLUNT

It just proves good movies don't need 100 million dollars to be good.
EMILY BLUNT

Whether you're managing the finances for a household of one, a business of a thousand, or a gove...
ROY BLUNT

There is absolutely, 100 percent, a light at the end of the tunnel for anyone who stutters.
EMILY BLUNT

I think the Tea Party has brought important issues to the table.
ROY BLUNT

People quit on jobs. They quit on marriages. They quit on school. There's an immediacy of this d...
EMILY BLUNT

It's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am.
EMILY BLUNT

If you're very open to watching the world go by, with people's different tics, you absorb it...
EMILY BLUNT

We practiced hard all week. We finally got it together. We finally came together as a unit today. We...
ANTOINE BLUNT

We'll bring the first part of our package ... to the floor when we have 218 votes,
ROY BLUNT

After this interview, I'm going to immigration to try to sort out my Green Card, just like any o...
EMILY BLUNT

The business is all about gush and hype. You never have a bad meeting in L.A.
EMILY BLUNT

We had it in the palm of our hands, and we let it slip away. It's heartbreaking, but there is an ups...
ANTOINE BLUNT

If you're opposed to the budget I submitted to the General Assembly, you're for a tax increase.
MATT BLUNT

is a solid step in the right direction toward cultivating a culture that values human life and the r...
MATT BLUNT

You can go at the premiere it's at Disneyland.
EMILY BLUNT

When it comes to being a responsible steward of the economy, Congress needs to either lead by promot...
ROY BLUNT

With Ricky Gervais, it's all shades of wrong, it's my kind of humor.
EMILY BLUNT

[But he pledged to bring the issue to a vote.] I don't know that we'll have the votes on the day we ...
ROY BLUNT

Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day ...
ROY BLUNT

Despair has been your lot for 60 years, ... but today we can say farewell with courage and with the ...
ROY BLUNT

I think largely because of his effectiveness as a leader, [DeLay] became a target, ... We all believ...
ROY BLUNT

It's not easy to fill the gap left by Tom DeLay but all of our team is going to come together like w...
ROY BLUNT

We all believe that he (DeLay) will return once this indictment is out of the way, and be the leader...
ROY BLUNT

I can understand there are things like shadows they need to fix after a shoot, but it's unfair t...
EMILY BLUNT

It's nothing to be ashamed of to have a stutter.
EMILY BLUNT

I find it quite hard to sum up my relationship in a sound bite. I feel that it trivializes it for ot...
EMILY BLUNT

I'm such a diva on set.
EMILY BLUNT

It's quite hard to faze me. I'm fairly un-shockable.
EMILY BLUNT

So I don't really have much rivalry, or if there is any, I don't really know anything about ...
EMILY BLUNT

I think for me the job always has to be the right thing at the right time.
EMILY BLUNT

Marriage is something that needs to be worked on every day. I don't know if I'm the one to g...
EMILY BLUNT

I'm about to do my second Bikram yoga class in Anchorage, Alaska. It's the only way to stay ...
EMILY BLUNT

I do strive to find projects that are trying to carve out some new space. I enjoy projects that leap...
EMILY BLUNT

I think it is nice for people to appreciate a slow-burning, beautiful story that makes you feel good...
EMILY BLUNT

I attempted to fish in Scotland and I managed to hook a dog. It was a horrible moment but the dog tu...
EMILY BLUNT

I almost broke my coccyx on 'The Wolf Man', and I banged my head once. I had to fall really ...
EMILY BLUNT

If you can capture the humanity of a family struggling in an economic crisis you can make a differen...
EMILY BLUNT

You are the light in my darkness,
Restful peace for my soul.
You are the one who rescues m...
LILY G BLUNT

Richie Rich, Keoki, Amanda LaPore are really successful. They've joined the culture at large.
JAMES ST. JAMES

I came to NYU to study experimental theater. Shortly thereafter, I was featured in a 'Newsweek&#...
JAMES ST. JAMES

The true nature of evil is that it is so very casual.
JAMES ST. JAMES

Why, oh why, must we always go through pigs to get our truffles?
JAMES ST. JAMES

I would go to the all-night grocery store and pretend that I was at Studio 54 because it was the onl...
JAMES ST. JAMES

We danced on the lip of the volcano, so to speak. We were young, too. And New York was still a big, ...
JAMES ST. JAMES

I'll always be a party monster. I'll always love getting dressed up.
JAMES ST. JAMES

As for my identity within the context of New York nightlife? I left in the '90s, so I'm not ...
JAMES ST. JAMES

I was definitely the oddball freak show in school.
JAMES ST. JAMES

When my trust fund ran out, I panicked. I have a lot of admiration for the kids who come to the big ...
JAMES ST. JAMES

I think that when you are a teenager, it's the smartest you will ever be in your life. Teenagers...
JAMES ST. JAMES

Watch out for the average--they're usually hiding something big.
JAMES ST. JAMES

There are people who have too much space between their ears, and given the time, do nothing but free...
JAMES ST. JAMES

National honor is the national property of the highest value.
JAMES MONROE

Every person is created in the image of God and has value. Every person. Every person is to be treat...
JAMES LANKFORD

People don't realize you're blowing over changes, time changes, harmony, different keys. I m...
JAMES MCBRIDE

From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started openi...
KEVIN JAMES

My favorite movie of all time is 'Rocky.'
KEVIN JAMES

Every time I do a movie where it gets physical, I say never again.
KEVIN JAMES

I really wasn't a class clown.
KEVIN JAMES

I've always had something in my heart where I root for guys who struggle with women.
KEVIN JAMES

Back in '93 I saw my first UFC fight and just became enamored by it then.
KEVIN JAMES

Once a year my back will go out and it'll be... it's like a sciatic thing and it's the s...
KEVIN JAMES

I try to connect with the everyday, every guy.
KEVIN JAMES

You think school ends when it ends, but it doesn't.
KEVIN JAMES

It's always cool to meet people who can do things that you have no capacity to do.
KEVIN JAMES

I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids, at some point, can see and I can feel comfo...
KEVIN JAMES

I don't want to be known as this goody-two-shoes who can only do comedies where puppies are lick...
KEVIN JAMES

Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.
KEVIN JAMES

I've always been the guy who doesn't necessarily get it with women. A woman would have to sa...
KEVIN JAMES

Now I'm starting to jog. But every time I do jog I have 9-1 pressed into my phone, with the next...
KEVIN JAMES

I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.
KEVIN JAMES

I never played a musical instrument growing up but I knew kids who did and took it very seriously.
KEVIN JAMES

A song can take you to a special time in your life.
KEVIN JAMES

If I do a movie where I have to have a son and it's a chubby kid, my mother is always like, '...
KEVIN JAMES

I could never be James Bond.
KEVIN JAMES

I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem.
KEVIN JAMES

You'll work hard to create characters that are compelling and unforgettable. But in the end, it&...
JAMES DASHNER

It's pretty scary to know how quickly time flies.
JAMES WAN

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common ha...
WILLIAM JAMES

Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.
JAMES THOMSON

'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.
JAMES THOMSON

For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by...
JAMES THOMSON

The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no ...
JAMES THOMSON

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.
JAMES THOMSON

But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?
JAMES THOMSON

Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand.
JAMES THOMSON

When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feeling...
ETTA JAMES

Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a...
JAMES ROUSE

Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you...
JAMES GALWAY

A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.
JAMES CALLAGHAN

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
JAMES KELLER

I sometimes have an over-confidence that can be viewed as arrogance.
JAMES CORDEN

You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing,...
LEBRON JAMES

In regards to your love life, you're just entering into a whole of pain if you talk about it. If...
LILY JAMES

If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or v...
LENNIE JAMES

My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.
JAMES BROWN

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply ...
JAMES NAISMITH

But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner.
LEBRON JAMES

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
WILLIAM JAMES

See, the thing that bothers me with young actors, young actors of color specifically, is that they s...
JAMES AVERY

I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with othe...
JAMES TAYLOR

I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated.
JAMES FRANCO

I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is ...
JAMES HILLMAN

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world,...
JAMES HILLMAN

Life is a mountain of solvable problems, and I enjoy that.
JAMES DYSON

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
WILLIAM JAMES

To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and ...
JAMES BUCHANAN

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, ...
JAMES ALLEN

The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID t...
JAMES WOLCOTT

It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that t...
JAMES MONROE

We're in a world where masculinity, especially with these big spectacle movies, is often pushed ...
THEO JAMES

In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, c...
JAMES BELUSHI

An actor should be judged by his performance only.
JAMES DEAN

I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the ki...
JAMES DEAN

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's followi...
JAMES DEAN

To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this grea...
JAMES DEAN

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to ...
JAMES DEAN

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
JAMES DEAN

The only greatness for man is immortality.
JAMES DEAN

An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences li...
JAMES DEAN

I used to fly around quite a bit, you know? I took a lot of unnecessary chances on the highways. And...
JAMES DEAN

I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
JAMES DEAN

Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things ...
JAMES DEAN

I don't want anything seventy-thirty. Fifty-fifty's always good enough for me. I don't w...
JAMES DEAN

I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is end...
JAMES DEAN

The only way to make a scene realistic is to do it the way you know it would really happen.
JAMES DEAN

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and im...
JAMES DEAN

There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
JAMES DEAN

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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 don't agree with superstitious routines, but there are a couple of things I'll always do before performing. I'll get together with the band and chill out, and then, just before I go on stage, I'll always check my flies.

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I don't agree with superstitious routines, but there are a couple of things I'll always do before performing. I'll get together with the band and chill out, and then, just before I go on stage, I'll always check my flies.

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