James Coburn quotes
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“The Magnificent Seven was really kind of a miraculous event that took place in my life.”
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“There's nothing more toxic or deadly than a human child. A single touch could kill you.”
-- James CoburnSource : "Fictional character: Henry J. Waternoose". "Monsters, Inc.", www.imdb.com. October 28, 2001.
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“It was the desire to do the complete thing. I only took taking acting lessons because my whole thing, really, was to direct. But my first jobs were acting jobs.”
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“Studios have been trying to get rid of the actor for a long time and now they can do it. They got animation. NO more actor, although for now they still have to borrow a voice or two. Anyway, I find it abhorrent.”
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“Taking in and blowing out smoke? And now you see girls smoking cigars. It got to be such a fad. Girls on the covers of magazines, smoking cigars. Give me a break. I didn't want to be a part of that. I don't like 'popular'.”
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“Killing is an excellent way of dealing with a hostility problem.”
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“It's turned into a world of amateurs. There are amateur actors making millions of dollars, amateur cinematographers, amateur directors... Jesus, these amateur directors can get deals for anything. Another comic book? Oh, very good.”
-- James Coburn
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“In any event, colonization and the grant of lands were provincial matters.”
Source : Albert Bushnell Hart, Ph.D. (1909). “Epochs of American History”
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“I like English, and I like writing essays, and that kind of stuff.”
Source : "Abigail Breslin Talks JANIE JONES, NEW YEAR’S EVE, Animated ZAMBEZIA, and Other Upcoming Projects". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 28, 2011.
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“Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life.”
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“I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.”
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Source : "The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint: A Novel". Book by Brady Udall, www.npr.org. 2001.
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“He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.”
Source : Charles Alexander Eastman, Michael Oren Fitzgerald (2007). “The Essential Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa): Light on the Indian World”, p.15, World Wisdom, Inc
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“In a bureaucracy, they shoot the bull, pass the buck, and make seven copies of everything.”
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