Christopher McDougall Quotes
We don't woo our wives with clubs. We don't leave old folks on ice floes. And maybe the time has come to quit diving into rip tides to save people we don't know. We've outgrown a lot of survival-of-the-fittest strategies, and risking our lives for strangers might be one of them.
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
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I don't know how to say no, and that's a weakness.
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I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things.
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It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.'
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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I can see through almost any scam, especially one perpetrated by the federal government. I can see through it... they can't pull the wool over my eyes, it's absolutely freakin' impossible to pull the wool over my eyes about the government.
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Relationships are people's No. 1 priorities. They want to have good relationships, and a lot of times they don't.
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TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.
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I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.
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If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.
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Working 40 hours a week used to mean a minimum standard of living and a foothold on the first rung of the economic ladder to the middle class.
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Why are we tiptoeing on glass? You can ask me whatever you like; people usually do, and I try to be as honest as I can.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction.
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Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.
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I was thinking about vampires and, specifically, about what makes vampires a romantic trope: about what people like about not just vampires but supernaturally long-lived creatures in general, which is a thing that shows up in probably fifty to sixty percent of paranormal romances... And then, for some reason, I decided to reverse it.
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First of all, anybody who has lasted 30 and went through the 60's is really a survivor.
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Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end.
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I'm a big advocate for young girls dressing their age.
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Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious.
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We don't woo our wives with clubs. We don't leave old folks on ice floes. And maybe the time has come to quit diving into rip tides to save people we don't know. We've outgrown a lot of survival-of-the-fittest strategies, and risking our lives for strangers might be one of them.
