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JAMES FALLOWS The information is not only interesting but important.
JEAN REYNOLDS It's a very important and interesting finding. I'm confident that the FDA will pursue this to the en...
RICHARD KAHN It's a very important and interesting finding, ... I'm confident that the FDA will pursue this to th...
RICHARD KAHN It is the most important contribution we can make to speeding up reunification.
WALTER ULBRICHT It was important for James to win the first bout and get off to a good start.
RANDY REIDLER She had an interesting and important political role,
BERNARD LANDRY Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break...
NEIL GAIMAN Now go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. B...
NEIL GAIMAN The most important decision you can make as a showrunner when you're doing a pilot is who's ...
GREG BERLANTI The hugest challenge is to make announcements interesting.
COLIN PIERCE The most important thing in the face is the eyes, and if you can make the eyes talk, you're half...
IAN HOLM What we spend our time on is probably the most important decision we make.
RAY KURZWEIL Make no mistake - LeBron James was carrying the Cavs, but Dellavedova was the cinematic element: hus...
ROWAN RICARDO PHILLIPS A teenager has to decide what they're going to do with their life, and that's one of the mos...
AMY HECKERLING I try to make things interesting and thought-provoking.
CHARLIE KAUFMAN The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it.
EDWIN LAND I drink to make other people interesting.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Boy, they sure do make things interesting.
BEN GOMEZ I drink to make other people interesting.
GEORGE JEAN NATHAN For many people with HIV, finding the right doctor is the most important decision they'll make.
DAVID MIXNER Life is very interesting if you make mistakes.
GEORGES CARPENTIER I drink to make other people more interesting.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY The leading character isn't always the most important or interesting character; when people thin...
PILOU ASBAEK The first time I met James Franco, he was dressed like James Dean. He was James Dean, literally, fil...
BILL HADER I like flaws. I think they make things interesting.
SARAH DESSEN I only drink to make other people seem interesting.
GEORGE JEAN NATHAN I drink to make other people seem more interesting.
GEORGE JEAN NATHAN She had just enough madness to make her interesting
ATTICUS POETRY I only drink to make other people seem interesting
GEORGE JEAN NATHAN A person’s irregular surfaces are what make us interesting.
KILROY J. OLDSTER That's why I'm staying. To make things less interesting.
FRED DAVIS James has written columns (about area teams) but has never been critical of activities. He has been ...
BOB WINTER When people say 'Lysistrata' has always been seen as an anti-war play, what's interestin...
DOUGLAS CARTER BEANE There is a big difference between listening to an interesting story and recognizing an important one...
LYSSA DANEHY DEHART Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.
DARREN ARONOFSKY What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power.
MICHAEL ONDAATJE Surround yourself with people you like and make cool stuff with them. In the end, at least in my exp...
JOHN GREEN The most important thing for me as an actor playing a character is to make you laugh. That's my ...
ERIC STONESTREET The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reig...
PHILIP GUEDALLA Newt was sitting on the ground with Frypan and Minho, all three looking as if they were waiting for ...
JAMES DASHNER James Brown is important because he decorates the clock correctly and he's good with lower mathe...
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART I get to do interesting roles and make a living.
AIDAN QUINN I only drink to make other people seem more interesting.
GEORGE JEAN NATHAN It may make the trip a little shorter and a little more interesting.
DAN TANGHERLINI When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR. When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR. It's pretty hard to separate what's really important from what's merely interesting. There's a lot g...
SHAWN JOHNSON These are very interesting and important statistics. This shows a pretty dramatic over-representatio...
DAVID FINKELHOR Being interesting isn't important. But being happy is. As well as being a person you're proud of
HOLLY BOURNE Nice to meet ya, shank," the boy said. "Welcome to the Glade.
JAMES DASHNER It is the things in common that make relationships enjoyable, bit it is the little differences that ...
TODD RUTHMAN I believe it is the flaws that make us interesting, our backgrounds, the hardships.
JANE GREEN Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses...
ISABEL ALLENDE I started my career wanting to make a 'James Bond' movie, and I couldn't get hired! I ma...
DOUG LIMAN Life is nothing without a little chaos to make it interesting.
AMELIA ATWATER-RHODES We thought it would make something kind of dramatic and interesting.
BILL MONTGOMERY Life is so interesting that sometimes it can make you bored.
DEBASISH MRIDHA It is important that the Greek people make decisions on important developments.
GEORGE PAPANDREOU My circumstances do not make me what I am, they reveal who I have
chosen to be. (from James Allen).
WAYNE DYER life is very much like a James Bond movie; full of surprises and you could get screwed up by the cho...
JOSEPH ANNANG SOWAH James Brown died owing me $50,000. But I loved James Brown.
DON KING Sexuality is important, but it's certainly not the most interesting or important thing happening to ...
, VLOGBROTHERS, DUMPING MY 15-YEAR-OLD GIRLFRIEND, 09-24-13 Prayer is the most important thing that I do.
WAYNE HUIZENGA The most important things in life aren't things.
ANTHONY J. D'ANGELO You stand out like a fart in a church.
JAMES PATTERSON All the motives for murder are covered by four Ls: Love, Lust, Lucre and Loathing.
P.D. JAMES I live in the moment. The moment is the most important thing. That's my entire philosophy: Make ...
RITA MORENO When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR. That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make ...
JACKSON BROWNE Appointment and trim features in houses are very important today. You now see people demanding more ...
WALTER CARPENTER Just because we have different interests doesn't make them any less interesting.
DREW JOHNSON The most important job I'll ever have is spelled D-A-D.
MIKE PENCE As bright examples of great qualities are but too uncommon among Christians, so are they singular an...
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER If you can make the song a soundtrack to what you're living at the time, I think that's the ...
NATE RUESS I tell people the most important move they can make is not in the ring. It's taking the time to ...
MICK FOLEY The real problem with being around James was that he was always the hero. And what did that make you...
LEV GROSSMAN Every time somebody tries to go in and reinvent what we do, it always ends up being more about techn...
DIANE SAWYER The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn&...
PETER O'TOOLE Every museum is full of nice things. That's the opposite of before. It was important things or s...
GERHARD RICHTER the single most important thing a city can do is provide a community where interesting, smart people...
MALCOLM GLADWELL (This) was followed and expanded over the centuries by many explorers, including Abel Tasman, James ...
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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 War is devastating, and it leaves its scars for generations.
JAMES BLUNT 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...
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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...
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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.
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JAMES DASHNER It's pretty scary to know how quickly time flies.
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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.
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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, ...
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JAMES WOLCOTT It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that t...
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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.
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JAMES DEAN Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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JAMES DEAN Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.
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JAMES WOODS I've done a lot of work in the gym preparing myself for what is certain to be pretty strenuous p...
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JAMES ALLEN I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.
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LEBRON JAMES I'm confident with my ability.
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THEO JAMES The men whose manhood you have broken will loathe you, and will always be brooding and scheming to s...
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JAMES BLACK 'Hairspray' was a movie turned Broadway musical turned Hollywood remake, and that is the ...
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JAMES MADISON Equal laws protecting equal rights the best guarantee of loyalty & love of country.
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