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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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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Every anti-gay remark from the Church gives the thug a license to be cruel.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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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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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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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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But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject of myth, sort of like Grendel in Beowulf - you know, not seen very often but often talked about.
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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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There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.
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With any tween, you have issues, from what they are going to wear to school, to how do you get them to speak politely, to how regularly they lose their contact lenses.
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There's nothing less than that. I don't care about just going to the playoffs; I've been to the playoffs before.
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People ask me about my interests outside football, but I haven't really got any.
