James Blunt Quotes

Like any parents, mine wanted me to have a secure job with a regular wage and career prospects. And the one job my father knew of, that he'd had experience of himself, was the army, so he could help me in that direction.

James Blunt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 22, 1977

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I started bowling when I was 14, my freshman year in high school.

Joe Tex

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Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards.

Robert Orben

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I have no useful theories about love and marriage.

Michael Cunningham

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You can always learn when you lose.

Stan Wawrinka

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I always had a sketchbook with me when I was young. I was hiding behind it, basically, hiding behind drawing because I couldn't cope with people in real life; I was very shy and very nervous around people.

Robert Crumb

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My story is a little unorthodox. At first, I just wanted to book a commercial. I didn't have any expectations, and I wanted to try something new.

Rotimi

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Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up; it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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As a woman, sometimes we stress on always being of the moment, and that is a lot of pressure, especially for young girls.

Coco Rocha

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Knowing more about family history is the single biggest predictor of a child's emotional well-being. Grandparents can play a special role in this process, too.

Bruce Feiler

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Humans are in charge of the planet because we are smarter than other animals and are able to build tools and apply rules. In the future, if something is much, much smarter, there's going to be a transition as to who is actually in charge.

Anthony Levandowski

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Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language.

Alfred North Whitehead

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