James Bovard Quotes

It has been surprising to me that so few conservatives have voiced concern over the precedence that are being set in favor of suppression by this so-called conservative administration.

James Bovard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
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  • Birth: 1956

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I'm not even sure that any of us are ever ready for anything. We can be ripe, or over-ready, but what is that moment when we're actually ready?

Andrea Riseborough

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I was always a sensitive, sweet kid, but I got brutalized and I became brutal. And frankly, I don't think it was my natural makeup. I don't think its anyone's natural makeup to be a violent brawler.

Andre Dubus III

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We need to feminise history because we are 50 per cent of the population, and our story is just as interesting.

Amanda Foreman

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I was a switchboard operator on the first season of 'Mad Men.' I was the oldest and bitterest.

Stephanie Courtney

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Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change. Because, if it does change, then it won't have anything to complain about.

Tori Amos

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I just wouldn't enjoy standing there like a paper doll, having someone else stick paper dresses on me. That would be no fun.

Roisin Murphy

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When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't.

Lucian Freud

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I cooked a little bit in my first movie; I did a movie called 'Made.' For the little kid in the movie, I do a scene where I'm preparing a pasta puttanesca. I always loved watching that scene.

Jon Favreau

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Me and Jerry left because we felt we weren't getting anywhere playing our old songs in tiny clubs. The group was getting stale and staying behind the times.

Johnny Thunders

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Most superheroes, when you look at origin stories - before they invent their costume, they just go with what's around.

Cheo Hodari Coker

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My shows are not narratives.

Brian Eno

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I have no idea how to become successful in children's tv programming today other than to say that whereever you find that rare animal being pursued, insert yourself into its environment; get in the door in any position and work from within.

William Jackson

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