James Vincent McMorrow Quotes
I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music by myself at home.
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We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.
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Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.
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A lot of people may know my face and know that I'm a good player on the football field, but they probably don't really know me as a person.
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I was born in the Midwest, where 'salad' was cherry Jell-O with bananas in it. Now children are more aware of healthy foods.
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I don't really have a main source for my style inspiration. It's really about however I feel about myself at the moment.
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In 2009, I served as AARP's Ambassador of Caregiving. With a producer and cameraman, I traveled the country for months, interviewing hundreds of caregivers.
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Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.
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I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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A potential person is not a person, any more than an acorn is an oak tree. I don't think women should have to give birth just because a sperm met an egg.
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When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.
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We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood.
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I always knew I wanted to be a technologist, so I went to Duke and got a degree in computer science and electrical engineering. Really, I thought my goal in life was to be an inventor, a problem solver, so I thought I needed a Ph.D. to be good at inventions, but it turns out that you don't.
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I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.
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Sleeping is one of the more private aspects of parenting; it happens in a quiet room, whereas eating is a more public aspect of parenting. Other people can see it and compare it to what their kids eat.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.
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Nostalgia can be extremely powerful in the right hands: think of the intense longing in the films Andrei Tarkovsky made after he left the U.S.S.R. They wring your soul.
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Philosophy is the childhood of the intellect, and a culture that tries to skip it will never grow up.
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Pop music is probably the only art form that is totally dependent for its success on the general public. The more people buy a record, the more successful it is - not only commercially but artistically.
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I never listen to music in the house, I listen to music in the car.
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I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music by myself at home.
