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James Stephens Quotes

To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Practice Preparation Understand Which

After my first day of competition I put on compression socks. They help me recover for the next day.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

Day Competition Me Help Socks First

In theater, the primary tool for me was voice. On-screen, it's the eyes.

Eyes Me Voice Tool Theater Primary

In ancient African cultures, a young man was not considered a full member of the tribe, an elder, a man. He couldn't marry and he couldn't own land until he had killed a lion. It was symbolic.

Lion Man Young Young Man Land Tribe

I really enjoy drawing, and I enjoy design, fashion design especially. If acting doesn't work out, which I hope it does, I'd probably go into design.

Work Hope Fashion Design Drawing Go

I needed to carve out my own place and find out what I was going to do.

Find Place My Own Out Own Going

So many people had been asking me to write an autobiography, or threatening to write my biography without any input from me, that I thought I'd better tell my story before other people told it for me.

People Me Story Thought Better Tell

I just wanted to kind of break down those gender stereotypes and just say everyone's equal, everyone's their own person, everyone's their own individual.

Gender Down Person Stereotypes Kind

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

Jean Baudrillard

World Boredom Crime Worst First

Being someone who people want to photograph, you have to open yourself up to the positive and negative. It is what it is.

Positive Yourself People Negative Up

Jews, when they get successful, they will help their people.

Donald Sterling

People Help Will Successful Get

I am not one to adhere to silly clothing rules. I love mixing metals, wearing a brown bag with black shoes, whatever.

Love Shoes I Am Black Bag Rules

I'm not very articulate. The reason I write is because I don't talk.

Bobbie Ann Mason

Talk Write Reason Because Very

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