James Garner Quotes

What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.

James Garner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I want to change Scotland, but the only way we can change Scotland is by changing the Scottish Labour Party.

Johann Lamont

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My imperative is to seek every moment and to live so God is in control.

Joel Salatin

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Sometimes, if the people in your life really drag you down, you need to stop spending time with them.

Jen Sincero

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I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

John D. Rockefeller

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The openness of rural Nebraska certainly influenced me. That openness, in a way, fosters the imagination. But growing up, Lincoln wasn't a small town. It was a college town. It had record stores and was a liberal place.

Matthew Sweet

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I think it was a major mistake to revisit Title II.

John T. Chambers

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I had just left 'Saturday Night Live' when I came to 'The Daily Show,' and it just felt like Jon was on my side. I'll always be grateful to him for that. I just got the impression he wanted me to succeed, and then I wanted to succeed for him. I think that's good leadership.

Rob Riggle

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I deliberately made an effort not to become an expert on the ballet.

Robert Caro

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The earliest maps were 'story' maps. Cartographers were artists who mingled knowledge with supposition, memory and fears. Their maps described both landscape and the events, which had taken place within it, enabling travellers to plot a route as well as to experience a story.

Rory MacLean

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Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Joseph Joubert

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All I can say is Mike Lee is an embarrassment to the state of Utah. He's been a tremendous embarrassment to our family, to our state, to our country to have him as a U.S. senator.

Jon Huntsman, Sr.

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The man I adored, and miss him terribly, was Johnny Carson.

Don Rickles

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