James Mercer Quotes

I sit and write songs alone and then get together with people to help me flesh it out into a recording.

James Mercer

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I don't think the U.S. military is conservative. It's pragmatic.

Jim Mattis

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I've been watching more American TV because of all the great TV series that have come out in the last five to 10 years. I'm a 'Sopranos' fan, I'm a 'Wire' fan, I'm a 'Mad Men' fan. I'm a 'Deadwood' fan. It makes me optimistic for the future of storytelling on TV that producers are willing to take that kind of jump.

Jo Nesbo

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The first decade of the twentieth century was not a great time to be born black and poor and female in St. Louis, Missouri, but Vivian Baxter was born black and poor, to black and poor parents. Later she would grow up and be called beautiful. As a grown woman she would be known as the butter-colored lady with the blowback hair.

Maya Angelou

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Even if we did achieve what we wanted with a very small state, we'd just be resetting the clock back to 1776, and it would roll forward exactly the same way again.

Stefan Molyneux

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God blessed me with this talent, so why would I not want to not play? I want to play every single game.

Miguel Cabrera

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I was raised in a reform synagogue. I think we all bring with us a sense of when hard things happen to us, we find ourselves asking questions of why are these things happening to me at this time in my life. I think in that sense, there's a certain resonance that I carry. It's more of a spiritual resonance as opposed to particularly of Judaism.

Michael Stuhlbarg

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I'd love to have the opportunity to sing in a Disney movie.

Moira Kelly

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I was kind of torn between playing music or playing college football. I was going to college and really focusing on my music career.

Brantley Gilbert

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But part of the enjoyment I take in it is finding the most efficient way to do it, which doesn't mean the corrections aren't made. I like to have a feeling of the whole task before I start, even if it changes.

Bruce Nauman

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FDA clearance is an important step on the path towards getting genetic information integrated with routine medical care.

Anne Wojcicki

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Pete Moffat writes crime conspiracy thrillers so beautifully. He goes places other people wouldn't; he is fearless.

Alistair Petrie

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I got into architecture via fine arts, and I was a sculptor myself, and I have always involved artists in my projects. When I say 'involved,' I mean I always bring artists in at the beginning projects before they're built and say, 'Will you do a room? Will you do a sculpture floating in mid-air? Will you make a chimney? Will you do something?'

Peter Marino

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