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James Garner Quotes

It wasn't until I'd turned 50 and had been in the business 25 years that I realized I might actually have a career as an actor.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: activist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 7, 1928 - July 19, 2014

Topics

Business Career Actor Years Been

I like the physical action of writing down by hand, and I don't just use it for writing my fiction.

Writing Action Down Hand Fiction

I have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice.

Training Practice Listening More

I have tried at every point to seek God's wisdom on the decisions I made, and I made it my business to speak up on behalf of the things God tells us are important to Him.

Business God Wisdom Speak Decisions

It's 5 P.M. at the office. Working fast, you've finished your tasks for the day and want to go home. But none of your colleagues have left yet, so you stay another hour or two, surfing the Web and reading your e-mails again, so you don't come off as a slacker. It's an unfortunate reality that efficiency often goes unrewarded in the workplace.

Home Day Colleagues Reading Reality

Look at Neil Diamond. Was he the cool guy? No, he was the housewives' guy. He didn't try to be what he wasn't. He just did what he did - made great music, was a good entertainer, nice-enough guy.

Good Music Great Cool Look Try

Oil's in everything we have, from anesthetics to aspirations to aspirins to most parts of the cell phone contain oil. We interface with oil in every part of our life.

Life Cell Phone Phone Oil Everything

There's a lot around us that we can't control, but my body, my mind, and my soul are pretty much the only things that I can.

Soul Mind Control My Soul Body Us

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.

Michael Johnson

Competition Control You Athlete Race

You know, some people fall right through the hole in their lives. It's invisible, but they come to it after time, never knowing where.

Time People You Fall Know Knowing

When 'Supernatural' came out, there were a lot of procedurals and you were either a doctor or a cop or lawyer, otherwise the show didn't stay on TV. And then we came around, and I don't want to say we were trailblazers, but we found our niche.

Jared Padalecki

Doctor Lawyer You Say Want Out

I relate to most of the characters I play, because I do feel like an outsider.

Feel Play Outsider Because Like

I'd rather lose all my stuff than lose myself, because I've done that before, and that feels way worse.

Myself Lose Done Way Because Stuff

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