Oliver James quotes

“Do your own thing on your own terms and get what you came here for”
-- Oliver James

Source : "Fictional character: Jay Corgan". "Raise Your Voice", www.imdb.com. 2004.

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“why are trying so hard to fit in, when you're born to stand out”
-- Oliver James

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“Music is my higher power”
-- Oliver James

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“backing down can become a way of life”
-- Oliver James

Source : "Fictional character: Jay Corgan". "Raise Your Voice", www.imdb.com. 2004.

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“Friend, you're HOPELESSLY hooked!”
-- Oliver James

“I contend that most emotional distress is best understood as a rational response to sick societies.”
-- Oliver James

Source : Oliver James (2007). “Affluenza: How to be Successful and Stay Sane”

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“Never fear the golding of a sunset. It means more than just the closing of another day. But marks the brightness of a new dawn.”
-- Oliver James

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“I would guess that the typical profile of a 'follower' is someone who is young and who feels marginalised, empty and pointless. They don't have an inner life.”
-- Oliver James

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“Quite apart from our desire to avoid destroying the planet or economic meltdown, I offer another reason to position cooperation at the heart of our political economy: it will mean we are more likely to live sane, fruitful lives”
-- Oliver James

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“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

“The things that make me different are the things that make me.”

“When I cannot understand my Father's leading, And it seems to be but hard and cruel fate, Still I hear that gentle whisper ever pleading, God is working, God is faithful-Only wait.”

“Are you really angry, or simply aware of anger in the body and mind? Don't speculate, simply look at what is there.”

Source : A. H. Almaas (2000). “Diamond Heart: Book Three: Being and the Meaning of Life”, p.25, Shambhala Publications

“Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.”

“You can't get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you're doing. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself.”

“To utilize social media tools effectively and properly, you must absolutely generate spontaneous communications in direct response to what others are saying or to what is happening in that moment. Be yourself. Be conversational. Be engaged.”

“Be yourself. Be conversational. Be engaged.”

“When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.”

“You're stuck with being yourself, so the important thing is to find people who like that.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Catriona O'Shaughnessy, www.theguardian.com. May 7, 2006.