Brian McDermott Quotes
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I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.
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I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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I do believe that the coal industry sees the cultural shift toward cleaner energy and global warming solutions as a threat to their interests.
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Every anti-gay remark from the Church gives the thug a license to be cruel.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good at was 'Street Fighter.'
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People always worry that buying tech products today carries a risk of obsolescence. Most of the time, that fear is overblown.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now.
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You remember Donnie Brasco? It's the most notorious undercover movie ever; it's so street and so real. If you ever imagined yourself doing cop work, you imagined yourself getting pushed to that limit - seeing the furthest you can push yourself while still upholding the law.
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I don't put people down. I build people up. That's how I always wanna be looked at.
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I'm stronger and sassier as a redhead.
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There are some beautiful books out there. But the ones that leave me cold are the ones where I feel - it's that postmodern thing - it's more experimentation with language than it is a deep compassionate falling into another human being's experience.
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It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically different circumstances is only the form in which these laws expose themselves.
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Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.
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The secret of the Christian's passion is simple: Everything we do in life we do it as to the Lord and not to men.
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When you go to Best Buy and see a DVD of your movie, you think it's amazing. But then there's a whole other world that comes with it. It's a very small percent that's difficult, stalker-like, or annoying. Most people are just so gracious and so nice. As cheesy as it sounds, that's the thing that really keeps you going.
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People ask me about my interests outside football, but I haven't really got any.
