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We're not big on irony in Jamaica, sarcasm and double-talk. We tend to say things plainly, sometimes to the point of boredom.


Marlon James

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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