You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing, you're always right.' No, they tell me when I'm wrong, and that's why I've been able to stay who I am and stay humble.


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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
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
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