James Vincent McMorrow Quotes
You get one chance to make an impression, and coasting through is a disservice.
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We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
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My first Comic-Con was when I first met Joss Whedon: He introduced me to that world and I'd never been to a convention before that. He and a bunch of the 'Buffy' and 'Angel' writers were all going down in a big van and he invited me along.
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I think I'm developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word 'franchise.' I just think of something that's packaged, something you can buy on a shelf and is immediately disposable. I don't know. It's a really weird word for me.
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Dreams take you beyond what you think you can do in life.
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Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.
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We are not by nature cruel.
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I've got heaps of dreams.
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I've been recording audiobooks for more than 30 years. I've recorded over 500 titles on all sort of things. I'm a sort of genre-free recording artist - classics and romances, I just finished a sci-fi book, self help... just all kinds of things.
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If you're not in a major city, many bands don't come your way, and you have to really travel to see them.
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I take big risks, but I'm not reckless about it.
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I'm sure that everything you do contributes to the sort of novel that you write. A lot of actors have an understanding of drama and a good ear for dialogue and also the rhythm of speech. Similarly, my 16 years in radio drama has influenced me. You only have 45 minutes, or 7,000 words, to tell a story, so every scene has to have a point.
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The constitution of the universe is total natural law. 'Natural law,' we say from the field of science. 'Will of God,' we say from the field of religion. It's the same thing.
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She took those pills from the pill concocter, And Isabel calmly cured the doctor.
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No form remains permanently in a substance; a constant change takes place, one form is taken off and another is put on.
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There are probably better ways to do that, but it would make the parser more complex. I do, occasionally, struggle feebly against complexity...
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Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.
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He thought he saw an Elephant, That practised on a fife: He looked again, and found it was A letter from his wife. 'At length I realise,' he said, 'The bitterness of Life!'
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It can even be a single note which defines the entire song.
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Everybody has their thing. I think you can always do what you like.
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Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back.
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I'm a Harry Potter fan.
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I serve on a lot of charitable boards - the areas of mental health parity, services for those that are underserved, and certainly children's rights are things that I believe in very, very strongly.
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You get one chance to make an impression, and coasting through is a disservice.
