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Of course, politicians always say they're just describing their opponents' positions, even if they are in fact offering absurd caricatures, if not outright lies.


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LEBRON JAMES Warren Buffet told me once and he said always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you h...
LEBRON JAMES Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.
LEBRON JAMES When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.
LEBRON JAMES I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.
LEBRON JAMES I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.
LEBRON JAMES Last year, I was on Threat Matrix. We were on Thursday against Friends and Survivor; so this year it...
JAMES DENTON There's nothing wrong with falling in love and sharing your life with someone.
LILY JAMES Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place ...
JAMES TAYLOR I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.
LEBRON JAMES I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
JAMES THOMSON It's hard to know which stars in the sky will turn into black holes. And which ones will open up...
JAMES ALTUCHER The James Brown story is not about James Brown. It's about who's getting paid, whose interes...
JAMES MCBRIDE The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch.
JAMES MCBRIDE In a way, light unites the spiritual world and the ephemeral, physical world. People frequently talk...
JAMES TURRELL In 2008, Barack Obama did get Democrats hyperventilating, whipped up to a creamy froth, while John M...
JAMES WOLCOTT I know there's Brooklyn and all the boroughs, but Manhattan specifically is so condensed that th...
THEO JAMES