Botton James Quotes & Sayings

I'm a very fortunate actor. I'm blessed to be the position I'm in right now. — Tom Sizemore

Relief work does not consist entirely in wearisome appeals ... it has its moments of enchantment, its adventures, its unexpected vistas into new worlds — Eglantyne Jebb

When affection fell on its ass, politeness could step up. — Lorrie Moore

I hate to go mincing through life, afraid to take a single long step for fear somebody is watching. I want to "wave my wild tail and walk by my wild lone." There wasn't a bit of real harm in my opening that window and talking to Perry. There wasn't even any harm in his trying to kiss me. He just did it to tease me. Oh, I hate conventions. As you say, hang consequences.'
'But we can't hang 'em, Pussy - that's just the trouble. They're more likely to hang us. — L.M. Montgomery

For me, it was a lot of hard work doing theater eight nights a week around the country, going from job to job. — Brian Baumgartner

For notes related to books I'm writing, I've wondered whether I should organize my notes better, but I do find that the action or scrolling through them and seeing odd juxtapositions of ideas helps to stimulate my own ideas and creativity. I worry that if I kept the notes in a highly-structured way, I might lose some of these benefits. — Gretchen Rubin

He shook his head. "No. For a change, something's right." He smiled at Clary, and there was nothing awkward about it: He looked pleased with her, and even proud. "You did it, Clary, — Cassandra Clare

sent to eight widows of men killed in the — Ken Follett

The police pulled me over and asked me if I have anything illegal in my car. I looked at my cousin and I ran. — Felipe Esparza

How frustrating it is to be out-argued by someone you know is dead wrong but is more eloquent. — Lawrence Fagg

Exile must be a terrible thing, said Norton sympathetically.
"Actually," said Amalfitano, "now I see it as a natural movement, something that, in its way, helps to abolish fate, or what is generally thought of as fate."
"But exile," said Pelletier, "is full of inconveniences, of skips and breaks that essentially keep recurring and interfere with anything you try to do that's important."
"That's just what I mean by abolishing fate," said Amalfitano. "But again, I beg your pardon. — Roberto Bolano

Samadhi is the absorption of God. There's no sense of time, place or condition. — Frederick Lenz