Bill James Quotes

Crime stories show us the part of people's lives they try to keep hidden.

Bill James

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 5, 1949

Topics

PeopleCrimeTryHiddenKeepUs

I have friends who've tried to break into the UK, who went back with their tails between their legs. Fortunately I've had the opposite experience.

Michael Bolton

ExperienceFriendsBackLegsBreak

Here's what I've learned about eating healthy when you're busy: It's all about preparation. Make your snacks on Sunday, and you will be good to go until Thursday or so.

Summer Sanders

GoodPreparationEatingBusyYouGo

Don't borrow someone else's spectacles to view yourself with.

Simon Travaglia

YourselfViewSomeoneSpectacles

The web of life is a beautiful and meaningless dance. The web of life is a process with a moving goal. The web of life is a perfectly finished work of art right where I am sitting now.

Robert Anton Wilson

LifeWorkBeautifulArtDanceI Am

I think it's my job to fight. The studio makes you question your idea, and you have to prove it.

Miguel Sapochnik

JobFightThinkYouProveQuestion

I think when you're doing something cutting edge like 'The Matrix,' it might mean when everybody's saying 'no' that you're really on the right track.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura

SayingThinkDoingYouEdgeMean

I have this problem with violence. I've only done one movie in almost 20 years where I killed people. It's called Perdita Durango. It's a Spanish movie. I'm very proud of the movie, but I felt weird doing that.

Javier Bardem

PeopleProudWeirdProblemDoing

I grew up in Queens, and on Sunday evenings, my parents would drive my brother and me past the factory. We could smell the week's supply of bread baking. I always connected the 59th Street Bridge with that scent. Who woulda thunk, years later, I'd be there, directing and producing a hit TV show?

Don Scardino

PastBrotherParentsMeBridgeWeek

Anyone that's trying to do something to improve sound... that's all good.

Dr. Dre

GoodTryingSoundImproveSomething

I was always a happy kid. I'd play the piano fairly well. I did all sorts of things fairly well. But who the hell wants to be happy all the time? It's a miserable state to be in permanently. Can you imagine how dreary that would be?

Christopher Plummer

TimeHappyBe HappyHellYouPlay

I think it's quite obvious my work is made by a woman, because I have never wanted to make anything that is not ephemeral. But I definitely want to be thought of as an artist first.

Cornelia Parker

WorkWomanThinkThoughtArtist

I don't think anybody can take the word of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and certainly an American president and allies who are obligated to worry about the safety and security of our countries, cannot take the word of this dictator, who lies, pathologically lies.

Condoleezza Rice

SafetyThinkAmericanWorrySecurity

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