Jim McDermott Quotes
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really, really need to savor every day like it's your last.
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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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There's a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or any language gets in the way. But nothing penetrates the heart faster than the melody.
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I am the kind of person who is happy to be doing work. When I miss a 'Brahmotsavam' or an 'Autonagar Surya', I feel bad for a day, and that's all. I don't want to name the films I have missed, but it's true that those which I missed didn't do well.
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I don't think in terms of legacy or that kind of stuff. I've always thought that'll take care of itself if I did everything right on a day-to-day basis.
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As for sex, well, I mean sex is a perfectly respectable subject as far as Shakespeare is concerned. I mean, all history is love and violence.
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I don't know if I expected to be a captain of an All-Star team. It's pretty cool.
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Power to the peaceful.
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I was a singing disc jockey who heard every type of music there was - and loved it all.
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We dare not supress thoughts, but when they are expressed through violence, like the idea that power comes from the barrel of a gun, they must be dealt with and met accordingly.
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YOU LYING WHORE!!! You used me! You never loved me! I hope you slide under a gas truck and taste your own blood! DIE! DIE! DIE! I want my records back! I want my fucking records back!
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There is nothing to do but keep on.
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Never be afraid of the moments-thus sings the voice of the everlasting.
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Every creative person can draft into service those around them who exhibit the right mixture of intelligence, insight, and grace.
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If the breaking news event has something to do with young people, specifically with MTV's audience, there was a higher chance that I would actually go cover it with a television camera instead of just write the story myself and read it on the air.
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Cloning, wow. Who would have thought? There should be a list of people who can and cannot clone themselves.
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If by chance people would still offer me roles, I'd still like to do them. But if not, that's OK.
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Over a period of 11 months, I was constantly afraid that Youth Care would lock me up. It was all a frightening and traumatic experience. So often, these terrible memories come to me. I can't ignore them.
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You can make people do anything if they're afraid.
