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James Carville Quotes

During my time as a political strategist, one of the most vexing problems was figuring out why so many people vote against their perceived interests.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Time People Problems Political Vote

You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder.

Gun You Table Go Over Shoulder

I think 'Shameless' is more of an everyman's show, whereas as great as I think 'Girls' is, it's got a smaller audience.

Jeremy Allen White

Great Think More Audience Got Show

Every generation comes upon the movie again, and then, invariably, the books have a spike in sales because people want to read more about Mary Poppins.

John Lee Hancock

People Generation Want More Sales

I'm not an advocate of true rhymes, I don't think. I think that everyone who writes musical theater needs to know how to do true rhymes, because that's the tradition of it, but I do think that in order for the art form to grow, it's important to not let tradition get in the way of innovation.

Innovation Art Think Grow Tradition

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

Religion Poetry See Clearly Prophecy

I'm still at the end of my rope because I find myself not handling things well when I travel.

Myself Travel End Find Rope Things

I was a prosecutor in Brooklyn in the homicide division and then as a senior assistant district attorney.

Brooklyn Division Senior Prosecutor

There's great food everywhere, and even McDonald's uses nice wood now.

Great Food McDonald Nice Now Wood

If I disappoint someone, it's their loss for putting that expectation on me when they don't know me. I can't control what they want.

Me Control Someone Loss Know Want

When I was very little my mother would read to me in bed. She gave me a fascination for stories, and for the music in words.

Michael Morpurgo

Mother Music Words Me Bed She

Cain has proven himself as the best heavyweight of all time, and it would be hard to strip him.

Time Best Hard Him Would Himself

When I started, there were no big interviews, no television, no profiles and all that. The publishers were quite shockingly uncommercial, but they did look after their writers.

Look Television Big Started Quite

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