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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Our mission was to make sure that the bad guys, basically, did not get nuclear weapons.
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That's just my personality, that's just who I am. I'm very vocal on defense. I'm not one to be silent and not talk. I'm always asking coach about plays or making suggestions. It's just something I'm use to doing from football.
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I have a recurring dream where I'm on the run for a horrible thing I did years and years ago. Like, in the dream... because the thing I did was so long ago that it's just a faint memory in my dream, so I'm sort of remembering it as I'm on the run from the police. And I'm totally guilty of it.
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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.'
