John McCarthy Quotes
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In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.
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I was reading scripts, doing coverage, for CAA. Reading hundreds and hundreds of scripts across the board, from blind submissions to 'Brokeback Mountain'. It was not always a pleasant task but something, in hindsight, I'm glad I did.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it!
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Every fight, I'm fighting blind opponents. I don't know who it's going to be, who I'm fighting, if I'm really fighting them.
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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
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I started cooking out of middle school depression.
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Some artists get so comfortable now after even one or two albums and think, 'I'm the biggest artist in the world,' but it's like, yeah, you are for now, but you've gotta work so that you're remembered further, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got the greenlight. And when it finally got the greenlight, I was very happy to be a part of it.
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
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I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.
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I can't even imagine how it must be to be a solo artist playing with session musicians.
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I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
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I was kosher until I had my Bar Mitzvah, and I parlayed officially becoming a man into telling my father I wanted to eat cheeseburgers.
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I like to pour my wines for people. I watch their eyes, I can see what they'll like. Most people say they don't like dry wine because they haven't had a dry wine that's clean and fruity, instead of a big, oaky thing.
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Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.
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I always liked the story of Noah's Ark and the idea of starting anew by rescuing the things you like and leaving the rest behind.
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I can't speak on behalf of the show. I'm not a creator; I'm just a pawn.
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I'll get to make a lot of money and do some bad sitcoms.
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It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
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First of all, the most important, that is to learn everything good that has survived from other times, and carefully to watch the bad - and throw it out.
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I've found that most successful people do things because they get personal satisfaction from the work that they do.
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I ought to rejoice in the fact that our principal rival has died, but I don't.
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Hard distinctions make bad philosophy.
