James Vincent McMorrow Quotes
I don't know if I'm attention deficit, but I certainly am easily distracted by other things.
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I am a very reclusive, private person.
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Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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The trip to Iraq confirmed that I made the right decision when I voted against lending Iraq the $18 billion the United States plans to use to help rebuild the country.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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I loved 'Dirty Sexy Money.' That didn't have a long enough shelf life. I would've liked to explore that character and play with that cast longer. That was a lot of fun to shoot.
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The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.
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When people recognise me they just kind of go 'Hi how are you,' really kind of cool you know.
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I have just joined the Board of the Population Institute because I am convinced that early stabilization of the world's population is important for the attainment of this objective.
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It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on.
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When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs.
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Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food.
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I ought not to speak about the dead because the dead are all over the place.
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I'm quite glad I never learned to play the guitar, because I think I'd write songs that were more classically structured. As it is, I've had to create my own way of writing, which isn't typical. Everything's a big crescendo.
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We've been in the nation-building business since World War I, and especially since WWII. The goal is not a Jeffersonian Democracy in Afghanistan, but a representative government that respects human rights, protects its own people, and is a friend of the West. These are very realistic - and necessary - goals.
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Threats that could wipe out the bulk of life on earth abound. Planetary catastrophe could come in the form of a killer asteroid impact, the eruption of massive supervolcanoes, a nearby gamma ray burst that sterilizes the earth, or by human-driven environmental collapse.
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Once people see you pulling off one role, they think you're a safe bet to do a similar role.
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Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise.
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I grew up playing the saxophone. I joined the jazz band in high school, but somewhere along the way I realized the guys who strummed acoustic guitars at parties were the ones who got the attention. So I asked a friend to show me a few chords, and when I moved to L.A. I spent a lot of time practicing my guitar.
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I don't know if I'm attention deficit, but I certainly am easily distracted by other things.
