James Marsh Quotes

I love America, but I've now got two young kids and America has changed so much since 9/11 and Bush. It's beyond Orwellian. The idea in '1984' that if you keep saying you're being attacked then you can get away with anything has come true.

James Marsh

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LoveSayingAmericaYouYoungTrue

Thoughts will change and shift just like the wind and the water when you're on the boat; thoughts are no different than anything else.

Jeff Bridges

ChangeWaterThoughtsWindBoatYou

He went, ever on the move, with the slow, shuffling step of wandering beggars who are nowhere at home.

Stijn Streuvels

HomeStepSlowNowhereWanderingHe

Being from New York, if you're gay, you're gay. I think it's important that if you are gay, you not be afraid to say who you are.

Sue Wicks

New YorkThinkYouGayNewSay

Many actors have protested about mobile phones going off in theatres, but the real menace now is people texting during a show. It may only disturb a few people around them, but for me, as an actor, when I spot them answering their emails, I am outraged.

Simon Callow

I AmPeopleMeNowActorPhones

If people stop being interested, it's because you haven't written a good enough album. Music will always be the most powerful thing. It doesn't matter what record labels or journalists say. It's the song.

Tom Odell

GoodMusicPeopleSongYouPowerful

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one; the man who requires you to do so is dearly purchased at a sacrifice.

Robert E. Lee

FriendManSacrificeYouWrongKeep

Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off the song, and I'd play the first note and nothing would be there. Those guys would just roll their eyes.

Mike Gordon

EyesPainNightSongDownPlay

People often think of America as a classless society, but, of course, that isn't true. Within immigrant communities, there's an enormous distinction of class, depending on who your parents are, and that kind of thing comes out really quick in things like marriage and interpersonal relationships.

Min Jin Lee

MarriageParentsPeopleSocietyTrue

The Israeli people are skeptical about the chances of a long-term peace, but if they saw it, they'd grab it. Any Israeli government that wants to be reelected should be interested in a lasting peace.

Jonathan Powell

PeaceGovernmentPeopleChancesSaw

My particular space has always been quite unique in popular music. I have a background in R&B and hard rock and straight pop, but I never went all the way with any of those genres.

Donovan

MusicSpaceUniqueRockWayNever

I'm constantly astounded by how amazing women are. And as we go through all these different stages of life as long as you share them with others and say, 'Well, this is bloody weird', you can get through everything.

Dawn French

LifeWomenAmazingWeirdLongYou

I haven't had to struggle very much. I haven't paid my dues. I think I have been lucky.

Colin Firth

StruggleThinkLuckyPaidBeenDues

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