John McCain Quotes
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.
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You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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The success of 'The Shadow of the Wind' made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was.
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Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
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In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
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I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.
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I've already established my (political)machinery. It's like a car. It's fixed already. You just have to get in and drive it.
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It's nice to have my mother as someone I can talk to about acting. My dad's a director, so when he comes to watch me on set, he think it's his set. He's always telling a production assistant, 'Can you get me five donuts?'
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There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things.
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Russia holds a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. This is a privilege, and it is a responsibility. Yet in Syria and in Aleppo, Russia is abusing this historic privilege.
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At the base of Ron Paul support, in my opinion, are people with brains.
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Sports can unify the Iraqi people - no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country.
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I resisted the film business as long as I could, because of the big circus act and the amount of money that it costs to make films - I saw my father suffer through that.
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There's something so glorious in giving control to the world. I think that's what I'm trying to do in my films - control the world but also let it be chaotic, let there be life.
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We have to be aware that fossil fuel energy sources have an expiry date. A timeframe of 30, 40 or 50 years can seem a long time to get rewards for economic policy, but it's only a short time for implementing a new energy policy.
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A riot is the language of the unheard.
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I have decided to create a new political movement.
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I tell the same stories all the time because I like them!
