Bryant H. McGill Quotes
In all known time there has never been a greater monster or miracle than the human being.
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Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends.
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.
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Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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I'm not a big fan of doing what my mother wants me to do, like any daughter.
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You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it's U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they're gonna be products of their environment.
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I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
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Most people who are looking to get a handgun are going to get a carry permit. But most people don't carry around rifles with them; they keep them at home or at the range.
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Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.
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I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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Church was a requirement - there was no choice in the matter; so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me since I was a kid.
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I say I haven't lost my religion. I've lost my ideology.
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I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.
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Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.
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If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.
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I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing.
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I really believe musical form will go on. There's got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.
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A writer is first and foremost a witness of her time. She must tell the truth, not take a political position. But then the truth that she discovers is profoundly political.
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Wilde is an invaluable acquaintance. Often, in situations where I am required to appear witty, I simply steal large chunks from his works and attempt to pass them off as my own with minor modifications.
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Hard times make you bitter or make you more compassionate.
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In all known time there has never been a greater monster or miracle than the human being.
