Mark Harmon Quotes
I was raised with the idea of maximum effort: as long as you could look in the mirror and say, 'I gave it everything I had,' it was OK. But if you gave it less, that would disgrace you.

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I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.
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If you ask me, rockabilly has had a raw deal for far too long. People never shunned the blues or jazz the way they do rockabilly. But it's the original punk-rock, and it changed the way people looked at music for ever.
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Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.
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Raining on parades requires no skill or effort on the part of a politician.
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I had to let my ego go a long time ago.
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The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.
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You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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I firmly believe, only because I've been doing this for so long, every show takes three years. 90% of them don't get three years. It just does. It takes a long time to build a community, build a friendship with your characters. It's hard for people to grasp on and make them care about you.
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I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.
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The good reviews that people have told me about through the years haven't really helped me do my job. So it's kind of like, if your hair turns out right you want to go out, you don't just want to stay in and look in the mirror. That's kind of what reading a review is like to me; it's like reveling in something that's just one night.
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If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.
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Wayne and Drake, it takes them so long to do a song. I understand why, because they want it to be perfect. But I think I can do a perfect song in 10 minutes.
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I have long admired Univision - a pioneer in the industry - and recognized the tremendous potential and influence of the burgeoning U.S. Hispanic population.
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As long as there's land available, single-family homes will be built, and Colorado residents will always go for a single-family over a condo.
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I had to go to a mirror and look at it. I couldn't picture myself in my own head. I had no image beyond a stick figure. I wasn't a mean person as a kid, or dumb, and something has to be said to justify excluding you.
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With 'Girls,' it doesn't really feel like I'm doing TV specifically. It just feels like we're making a really long film.
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There is a long history of founders returning to companies and doing great things. Founders are able to set the vision for their companies with an authority no one else can.
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One of my favorite things to do with my dog and my sister's dog and my mom and my sister is to go for these really long walks.
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There's a danger of the Internet just becoming loud, ugly and boring with a thousand voices screaming for attention.
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My sister-in-law is a painter, and I'll say, how long did it take you to paint that painting. She'll say, It took me maybe three days, but it took me all my life to get the skills to paint that painting.
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The best thing I ever did was when I was offered a million dollars to go play in South Africa and didn't take it. I was 21 years old, and part of it was like, 'Well, if they're offering me this obscene amount of money just to play one match, there must be something really wrong.'
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Everything in your world is created by what you think.
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I was raised with the idea of maximum effort: as long as you could look in the mirror and say, 'I gave it everything I had,' it was OK. But if you gave it less, that would disgrace you.