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James Carville Quotes

You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: lawyer
Nationality: american
Birth: October 25, 1944

Topics

Change You Want Sharp Something

I'm an actor. I'm hired to play whatever it is they want me to play - if I'm lucky enough to be cast for the part - which seems to take a lot of luck these days.

Me Luck Enough Play Want Actor

So I think in those circumstances, there's some potential that you could see a big pendulum swing like 1994, which people you thought weren't vulnerable all of the sudden get in trouble.

People Think Potential Thought You

Until the age of five, my parents spoke to me in Chinese or a combination of Chinese and English, but they didn't force me to speak Mandarin. In retrospect, this was sad, because they believed that my chance of doing well in America hinged on my fluency in English. Later, as an adult, I wanted to learn Chinese.

Age Sad Parents Me Chance Speak

Like a lot of people, I read 'The Diary of Anne Frank' again and again and again when I was growing up - I'm still completely felled by what an astounding book it is. And as a teenager, I did a lot of reading about concentration camps and the vast horrors of the war.

War People Growing Up Book Reading

I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like 'Alright, I'll try drama.'

Teacher School High School Year New

I am very reluctantly healthy.

I Am Healthy Very Am Reluctantly

I have actually lost a couple of roles - film roles - because a director or producer thought I looked too much like George Costanza, and I could not get out of that box.

Jason Alexander

Thought Too Much Lost Director Box

If I'm not capable of doing it, I won't do it. But you're going to get 120 percent of me every time I'm on the field.

Jason Pierre-Paul

Time Me Doing You Capable Going

I'm a very analytical person, a somewhat introspective person; that's the nature of the work I do.

Work Nature Person Analytical Very

Now, I love movies so much, but I find a lot of movies to be arrogant in the way they're kind of know-it-alls - they have perfect characters on the screen that know everything about themselves.

Derek Cianfrance

Love Perfect Find Know Movies Kind

Believe it or not, I was all fully rounded by the time I was nine years old.

Time Believe Old Years Nine Rounded

Iran is a bad and dangerous actor in a volatile region of the world, which is why Congress enacted sanctions in response to the ballistic missile program and support for terrorist proxy groups. We must hold senior Iranian leadership accountable for destabilizing actions in the region and around the world.

Leadership Support World Bad Why

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