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James D. Houston Quotes

Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather than another?

James D. Houston

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: November 10, 1933 - April 16, 2009

Topics

Words Tools You Choose Why Rather

When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.

Ann Kirkpatrick

Right Same Expect Elected Officials

Your customers are judging every aspect of every transaction and rating everything, from friendliness of people to ease of doing business to quality of product to service after the sale.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Business Service Quality People Ease

I don't like the idea of talking down to kids. I think I was talked down to, and you rebel against that.

Think Talking You Rebel Down Kids

If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time.

Time Best Waiting Feel Late Nothing

Some independent Indian films do so well at these festivals in Europe and in the United States that when they come back, India just cannot ignore them.

Ignore Festivals Back India Europe

Eddie Murphy said once in an interview that nothing is offensive if it's funny. I sort of agree with that, but if something's funny and you're the subject of it, sometimes it's more offensive. If someone's insulting you, you want them to sound like an idiot.

Funny Someone Idiot You Sometimes

If you're going to spend most of your time in your democracy figuring out how to get oil by intervening into other people's countries and insuring that you follow it with military might, we think there's an alternative. Which would be renewable energy.

Time People Democracy Energy Think

I was married at 16, a father at 17 and divorced at 18.

Placido Domingo

Father Married Divorced

As a filmmaker, I always try not to concern myself with the outcome of things. I make the movie, and I do that as honestly and good as I can. I don't want to pollute my thoughts with what is going to happen with it afterwards, because I have to work inside-out.

Work Good Myself Thoughts I Can Try

Cheap Trick have always prided ourselves on being groundbreaking.

Cheap Always Being Ourselves Trick

One of my illest villains was the Butcher from 'Gangs of New York,' Daniel Day-Lewis.

New York New Butcher Villains Gangs

My sisters are my favorite people on earth.

People Earth Favorite People Favorite

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