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James Stephens Quotes

Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Past Man Memory Content Well Needs

People talk about the Patriot Act that was passed immediately in the wake of September 11. What the Patriot Act did was break down the walls between the various agencies.

Walls People Down Patriot Talk Act

Of course there have been times when I've done crazy things. But I don't think I'm crazy. I just grew up in a crazy world.

Metta World Peace

Crazy World Think Done Up Things

There's a lot of reasons you can think of to say why you act, but I can only say that it just felt good. At the same time, it felt really painful. It's still troubling and stressful to me.

Good Time Me Think You I Can

Barring some sociopaths, probably, there is nobody who doesn't care about their appearance.

Care Appearance Nobody Who Some

Journalism is being pushed into a space where I don't think it should ever go, where it's trying to support the monetization model of the Web by driving page views. So what you have is a drop-off of long-form journalism, because long-form pieces are harder to monetize.

Support Space Think Driving You Go

When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision, and I'm totally open for that.

Vision Looking Story You Look Want

Up until doing this movie, I hadn't really paid a huge amount of attention to those genres, but after finishing this movie, it really gave me a different sense of appreciation of the way the movies play out.

Chiaki Kuriyama

Appreciation Me Doing Attention Play

I do want to be a representative of the African community, and I want to hold myself and dress myself in a way that reflects that. I want black kids to see me and think, 'Okay, he's carrying himself as a black man, and that's how a black man should carry himself.'

Colin Kaepernick

Community Myself Man Dress Me Think

Sometimes I think God loves the ones who most desperately ache and are most desperately lost - his or her wildest, most messed-up children - the way you'd ache and love a screwed-up rebel daughter in juvenile hall.

Love Daughter God Children Think

I'm a great company actor, a great supporting actor. I serve the piece.

Great Actor Company Serve Piece

I'm expecting the best John Thompson. I'd be a fool to expect anything less.

Best Fool Anything Expect Expecting

There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on the negative side, financiers are now dominant and making all the decisions. I can't count the ways a director's vision is compromised.

Positive Vision Death Negative Slow

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