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James Stephens Quotes

Quietness is the beginning of virtue. To be silent is to be beautiful. Stars do not make a noise.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: irish
Birth: February 9, 1882 - December 26, 1950

Topics

Stars Beautiful Beginning Silent

I think that having a public career is a bargain with the devil.

Jessica Simpson

Think Devil Career Bargain I Think

As an actor, I'm allowed - encouraged! - to explore emotions that have been basically unacceptable in my life. I have a huge well of emotional stuff, and once I give myself permission as an actor, it all comes to the surface. But I'll be damned if I can give myself permission to bring it out as a man.

Life Myself Man My Life Emotions

Put the hero back in the super hero movies, because I think 'super' might have taken over.

Hero Think Back Movies Over Because

Today I start a diary; it is against my usual habbits, but out of a clearly felt need.

Today Start Diary Need Out Clearly

Time is long but life is short.

Life Time Life Is Short Short Long

Gay writers now have both a sense of history and the fables that allows them to dwell in the realms of the ridiculous and at the same time talk seriously about things.

History Time Gay Now Seriously Talk

The future of healthcare security should include flexibility from the federal government to allow us to serve the state's most vulnerable citizens.

Future Government Security Healthcare

I would say that the war correspondent gets more drinks, more girls, better pay, and greater freedom than the soldier, but at this stage of the game, having the freedom to choose his spot and being allowed to be a coward and not be executed for it is his torture.

Freedom War Game Better Choose Say

The establishment wants to connect with people who are like them, and I wasn't. I'm a black gay man from a poor working-class family. Most of the people who look like me are in prison.

Roger Ross Williams

Family Man People Me Black Prison

I don't know if you could take a whole 90 minutes and say that was the best game we ever played.

Best Game You Know Say Take

I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play.

Love Play Way Cherry Those Guys

I chose 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' specifically 'cause I had just made 'The Bourne Identity' and made a film that glamorized being an action hero, and I wanted to make the exact opposite. I wanted to make a movie that glamorized maintaining a marriage, and that made the action hero part seem easy and made the marriage part seem hard.

Marriage Hero Identity Action Easy

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