Mary McCarthy Quotes
The suspense of a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist, who is intensely curious about what will happen to the hero.
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I had set a goal of being a producer by 25.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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I'd love to play Moon Knight. I don't know if anybody's doing a Moon Knight animated series any time soon.
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I thought it's very funny that I ended up as a voiceover guy because when I started out as an actor, I had a very strong Long Island accent.
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Writing is literally transformative. When we read, we are changed. When we write, we are changed. It's neurological. To me, this is a kind of magic.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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Futurists don't consider overpopulation one of the issues of the future. They consider it the issue of the future.
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A lot of these guys in 'Fight Master' will compete in Bellator and in mixed mart arts for quite some time.
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I root for anyone who's got kids and if they want to make it work.
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We have to take care of ourselves if we are going to take care of anyone else properly.
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Becoming Catholic involves entering into a relationship with the Catholic Church.
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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
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I have never done a thriller, and it will just be really fun for me to heave and pant and run and climb and break windows and scream every once in a while.
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There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springsteen still does it. Paul Simon, and there are also good writers, but that doesn't dominate the charts.
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The problem of suffering is: why is there the suffering we know?
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The vast Pacific Ocean has ample space for China and the United States. We welcome a constructive role by the United States in promoting peace, stability and prosperity in the region. We also hope that the United States will fully respect and accommodate the major interests and legitimate concerns of Asia-Pacific countries.
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I feel like everybody is against Floyd Mayweather. I don't get any respect.
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Make yourself necessary to somebody.
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Immortality is to live your life doing good things, and leaving your mark behind.
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I write for myself things that I've gone through.
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When I was taking art history I was always angry that we would skip certain chapters because "it wasn't important." Like, "Let's skip over the Japanese. Let's just get to Giotto, because that's where everything begins." It's like, no. Everything is relevant to me.
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A cookbook is a moment in time because, otherwise, you look back at the end of the day, and all the meals have been eaten, and the experience is gone.
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His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad, His hair is as dark as a blackboard. I wish he was mine, he's really divine, The hero who conquered the Dark Lord.
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The suspense of a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist, who is intensely curious about what will happen to the hero.
