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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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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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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I've never worried about how long the song is.
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I love the stage, I love the process of acting in theatre, but unfortunately, it doesn't pay the bills.
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The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.
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I am very healthy. Career wise, even old men get to be in movies. So as long as I am healthy, I will continue to make movies.
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Normally in spy movies, the person that the hero deals with is at the centre of power, surrounded by video screens, and they're old and grizzled. I'm no stranger to that dynamic.
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In India, it's hard not to have Gandhi as a hero. To give up everything - including power and money - and to live for his countrymen, that beats everything else. He's a role model of selflessness.
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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.
