James Carville Quotes

I have people ask me if I'm going to convince my daughters to be Democrats, and I say, 'I have yet to convince my daughters to close a door.' I don't how in the world I would ever convince them to be in a political affiliation.

James Carville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleMeDoorWorldPoliticalSay

A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.

John Galsworthy

ManDoneNothingActionsHeSum

You come out of your MFA program with a cogent clutch of stories, trying to get an agent interested, and she or he admits these are quality, sure, but this agent actually needs something the publisher can make money on. So you get kind of bullied by the market into writing a novel.

Stephen Graham Jones

MoneyQualityWritingTryingYou

The novelist's obligation to remake the sensuous texture of a vanished world is also the historian's. The strongest fiction writers often do deep research to make the thought and utterances of lost time credible.

Simon Schama

TimeResearchWorldDeepThought

Working with Bruce Willis makes my career authentic. I may not get an Oscar, but I worked with Bruce Willis. That matters more to me.

Tracy Morgan

MeCareerMattersMoreMayWorking

If people are shooting at you, it's human nature to be afraid. I was afraid. I'll be quite blunt about that.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

NaturePeopleHuman NatureYouHuman

You give me someone with the right personality, and I'll give you a bar manager in three weeks. You give me someone who has been a lousy bar manager for 30 years, and in three weeks, you'll still have a lousy bar manager.

Jon Taffer

PersonalityMeSomeoneYouThree

I still play the fiddle every day. I'm afraid if I don't, it won't know who I am.

Johnny Gimble

DayI AmEvery DayPlayKnowAfraid

My parents were both writers - they would type their manuscripts sitting side by side on the veranda of our house near Watford - so I wanted to do something different. I wanted to be a bluegrass singer, an architect, a landscape gardener, or to do something with animals.

Deborah Moggach

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My world is much bigger than music, and that's why I always fight the 'rock' label.

Anton Corbijn

MusicFightWorldRockWhyAlways

I find myself evil. I believe in the devil as much as God. You can use either one to get things done.

Peter Criss

GodMyselfEvilBelieveDevilYou

I remember playing with some friends and being aware that I was acting as I was playing with them - I would think of a character and pretend to be someone else. My parents also took me to ballet school, and there I think I was able to start communicating those feelings or emotions - I danced for so many years.

Penelope Cruz

CharacterSchoolParentsMeStart

I believe we have a higher responsibility to each other.

Scooter Braun

ResponsibilityBelieveI BelieveEach

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