James Payn Quotes

It is quite extraordinary how very various are the opinions entertained on this point, and, before sifting them, one must be careful in the first place to eliminate from our inquiry the cases of that considerable class of persons who pinch themselves.

James Payn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 28, 1830 - March 25, 1898

Topics

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Each of us should take personal responsibility for our diet, and our children's diet, and the government's role should be to make certain it provides the best information possible to help people stay healthy.

Jim Talent

ChildrenResponsibilityBestPeople

I feel like a teenager myself, so I appreciate it when the kids think you're all right.

John C. Reilly

MyselfThinkAppreciateFeelYou

Democracy is based upon empathy and the recognition that some decisions are solely for the community's benefit without regard to one's own narrow self-interest.

John Hickenlooper

CommunityEmpathyDemocracyDecisions

Prophets of doom have always taken risks in terms of ridicule and humiliation. If you stand on a street corner holding up a sign that reads 'The End Is Near,' passersby will laugh and heckle. People will say you're like Chicken Little, running around telling people the sky is falling.

Robert Kiyosaki

SkyRisksPeopleEndStandLaugh

I've always been a bit of a sound freak in the movies I've done.

Stephen Hopkins

DoneMoviesSoundAlwaysFreakBeen

You don't get old until you replace dreams with regrets.

Troy Dumais

DreamsYouOldRegretsReplaceGet

People take years learning how to act; it's a skill, not just a job. If I tried it out and thought I'd be OK, then perhaps I'd go for it, but it's not the kind of thing you can get into just because of your looks.

Travis Fimmel

LearningJobPeopleThoughtYouGo

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

Lord Byron

MedicineLaughYouCheapAlways

I tell directors, 'I can't promise you a hit, but I can promise you the movie is going to be yours.' When you work for a studio, they pay you a lot of money, but in exchange for that, they tell you what to do.

Jason Blum

WorkMoneyYouI CanPayTell

We write and write and write until we think, 'If we have to shoot this script, we'll be happy, and it's going to be a great movie.' I meet with all the actors two weeks before, and I ask them, 'What lines don't work? What is uncomfortable for you? What jokes do you think aren't good? If you're not getting it, here's what the joke is.' You fix it.

Jay Chandrasekhar

WorkGoodGreatHappyBe HappyYou

The size of the halls doesn't matter to me too much.

Doc Watson

MeToo MuchMatterSizeMuchHalls

You just went right in and just recorded songs and listened them, and if there were any mistakes, then we would correct them and just went on... one take or two take.

Dennis Brown

MistakesYouRightTwoTakeJust

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