James Blunt
Related MAGNUS SCHEVING In whichever way my music can get out there, I'm just like, 'Sure.' It's also throug... PRISCILLA AHN You can't delete racism. It's like a cigarette. You can't stop smoking if you don't ... MARIO BALOTELLI I've learned that you don't need a lot in life. If it can't fit into a suitcase, you don... JOYCE DIDONATO BO JACKSON I watched the 'Seven Samurai' a lot because I loved it growing up. I can't describe to y... ANTOINE FUQUA RICK RUBIN CARL REINER LEO BUSCAGLIA You don't need money to be free. You can just say if you don't need stuff, you're always... MALIK BENDJELLOUL I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find ... JUDI DENCH Charm is an intangible. Chutzpah, charm, charisma, that kind of thing, you can't buy it. You eit... COLM FEORE NICK CAVE DEYTH BANGER TAYLOR SWIFT CHARLES DUHIGG We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American t... DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE NOVAK DJOKOVIC You can go crazy and play solos in the right place, and that's great because it can intensify an... BENMONT TENCH THALIA BRENDON URIE GARY OLDMAN I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tan... BOB EHRLICH JAMES CORDEN CONOR OBERST I always love to look at something that I couldn't make, because I feel it's enlightening. I... JONATHAN ANDERSON No person is perfect. I haven't, thank God, had any infidelity issues. But you can't say wha... TASHA SMITH TOM PETTY NICK CAVE And I don't have any specific steps to take because I don't start the same way every time. B... BRUCE NAUMAN BENNY GREEN BARBRA STREISAND HARUKI MURAKAMI You don't have to look like an Under Armour mannequin to be an athlete. A lot of people probably... PRINCE FIELDER CARINE ROITFELD DAVID MCCULLOUGH STANLEY A. MCCHRYSTAL It's funny when people ask an actor what they want to play next, because you don't get to de... DYLAN WALSH PETER SINGER JOHN HURT OLGA KORBUT MAEVE BINCHY So much of Hollywood is this kind of overly machismo, nonsensical view of masculinity, which I just ... JOE CARNAHAN ERNST FISCHER STANLEY A. MCCHRYSTAL MICHAEL KORDA TOMI LAHREN You can't be a parent and say, 'I need you to be more active and I need you to eat right,... BOB HARPER ENZO FERRARI LINDA RONSTADT BOB HOPE If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. And if you do have to say it, m... SABRINA CARPENTER In life, you have to take the pace that love goes. You don't force it. You just don't force ... JUAN PABLO GALAVIS I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'... TAJ MAHAL PHIL KNIGHT NANCY REAGAN MAURICE STRONG DAVID DUCHOVNY SAMANTHA FOX DAMIEN HIRST AUDREY HEPBURN Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe... YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More... HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes... HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f... HARRY YOU MARGARET ATWOOD BARRY BONDS NICKI MINAJ You can't tell young people what to do. You can't tell 'em because they'll look at y... RONNIE JAMES DIO WALE SCOTTY MCCREERY LAILAH GIFTY AKITA JAMES REDFIELD I feel like every role you take, there's a part of you that obviously feels like you can do it. ... MILA KUNIS ERNEST HEMINGWAY TED WILLIAMS EVGENY MOROZOV There's a couple of movie parts that I can't remember. There was always something kind of lu... CRAIG ROBINSON W. EDWARDS DEMING I don't feel like I need to tell any lies. You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behin... BETTY WRIGHT That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, y... JAMES LEE BURKE GERALDINE BROOKS Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON BO BURNHAM ARUNDHATI ROY LAILAH GIFTY AKITA MARILYN MANSON GARY ZUKAV RICHARD PRICE Some people say to be an actor you've got to die to do it. I think it's healthy if you think... KATE ASHFIELD I love words. They're fun. I don't think any word can just be filler. There's no room fo... KACEY MUSGRAVES I don't want to make that sound like I'm preaching from a mountain top when I say you have t... TIM MCGRAW Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim: if you can'... JOHN SEARLE JESSE WILLIAMS EDITH HEAD I believe fantasy and dreaming can be made a reality. You don't have to be rich. You don't h... RACHEL ZOE I've written songs before, and I don't want to share them with anybody. It's really pers... JEREMY JORDAN DON LEMON MARIAN ANDERSON
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Children don't really understand the concept of health. You can't give them an apple and say... 
I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it. 
Everything happens kind of the way it's supposed to happen, and we just watch it unfold. And you... 
A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a ... 
I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and ... 
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You are an adult and you don't understand me and what are the differences between the adult and the ... 
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You can't suddenly say, 'I want a brand new habit tomorrow,' and expect it to be easy an... 
It's interesting that I had such a close relationship with my grandfather. Because your parents ... 
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I have similar feelings, actually. The intimacy of a club: you can see the people, you can almost fe... 
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If you can dream it, you can do it. 
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A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. 
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You can't be taught to be brainy. You've either got it or you don't. 
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You can be all that you want to be.
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I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit. 
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Be yourself, be who you can be. 
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National honor is the national property of the highest value. 
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My favorite movie of all time is 'Rocky.' 
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It's pretty scary to know how quickly time flies. 
Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common ha... 
Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves. 
'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it. 
For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by... 
When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feeling... 
A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on. 
I sometimes have an over-confidence that can be viewed as arrogance. 
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My expectations of other people, I double them on myself. 
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. 
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I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated. 
I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is ... 
The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world,... 
Life is a mountain of solvable problems, and I enjoy that. 
A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, ... 
The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID t... 
It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that t... 
In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, c... 
An actor should be judged by his performance only. 
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To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to ... 