John McCain Quotes
Personally, I liked Admiral Kelso very much. I believe that he served his country with distinction.
Quotes to Explore
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I ended the war a horse ahead.
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Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.
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I think people appreciate honesty.
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I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
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There's no greater feeling in the world than when you can put a smile on somebody's face just by walking into a room. It's unbelievable. And if I have that power, who am I to waste it, you know?
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I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.
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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
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I'll never totally get away from being who I am, which first, to many, is the daughter of Nat King Cole, which became even more intensified with the 'Unforgettable' album.
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I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
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I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader.
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I think, the people around home are very supportive to us.
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My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.
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I don't mind being described as vanilla in certain ways.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I came to the industry with wide eyes and an open heart thinking I was going to make a few films that really meant something that I could pour myself into.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.
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I love my kitchen. On the weekends, we have friends over, the kids are buzzing around, and we cook and talk.
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When I told my mother that I wanted to be an actress, she said, you can't live here and do that, and so I moved out. I was determined to prove her wrong because she was so sure that I was going to go astray. And that's the juice that kept me going.
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I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.
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There was a study done in the early 20th century of all the entrepreneurs who entered the automobile industry around the same time as Henry Ford; there were something like 500 automotive companies that got funded, had the internal combustion engine, had the technology, and had the vision. Sixty percent of them folded within a couple of years.
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Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
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To know ahead of time what you're looking for means you're then only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting, and often false.
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Personally, I liked Admiral Kelso very much. I believe that he served his country with distinction.
