John Carmack Quotes
'But realistically, we don’t have that many problems at QuakeCon. If it was a football convention or something, there would probably be a lot more incidents.'
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I've waited so long to get to this point, and I'm so happy to be making my first album. I want to be a performer and an entertainer.
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I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.
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Yes, it's annoying that Hamlet doesn't kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, but if he did kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, there wouldn't be a play. He has to be annoying, if you will, and not do what would be the thing to do.
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But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.
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I want to find a way to speak to the broadest audience possible.
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But you know, the system almost destroyed itself while it was goin' on trying to destroy us.
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The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I had my father, and he was an amazing man and an amazing role model, so I always wanted to mirror that.
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I really have been so, so blessed with all my leading men.
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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
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It was never about winning medals or being famous.
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I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, 'Hello.'
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I've been a loner all the time throughout my life... I haven't been the best father... Many times... my children have accused me of not giving them enough attention. And, frankly, I never have been good at handling that.
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Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress. There's always a hidden agenda.
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I am devoted to my husband and son. I am devoted to the practices and rituals that imbue our lives with a sense of meaning and purpose, that help me to live my days in the most emotionally and intellectually productive manner. I am devoted to the idea of devotion itself.
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If you look at satellite photographs of the Far East by night, you'll see a large splotch curiously lacking in light. This area of darkness is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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I never wanted to do Shakespeare; I never liked watching it, it's always frightened me, and I've never been any good at it. But I really wanted to work with the director Tim Carroll and Mark Rylance.
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My second novel began after my family moved from New York City to North Carolina, and I watched my son walk into kindergarten at a school in which he was the only Jewish child out of 600 students - and this in the middle of the Bible Belt.
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I didn't realize what an impact having a No. 1 single would have. It connects me with people of different ages, and I get to travel all over the world.
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I'd love to play at Wembley. It's special for Barca - and for everyone in football.
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There really has been only one thing in my life that has made me feel complete, and that is the game of football. The ability to throw a football was my God-given talent. That was my blessing and my passion; that was my calling in live, and everything that I've accomplished has derived from that.
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'But realistically, we don’t have that many problems at QuakeCon. If it was a football convention or something, there would probably be a lot more incidents.'
