John McCarthy Quotes
Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more.
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I love Quentin Tarantino; I love Harmony Korine, Larry Clarke.
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On June 23, 1864, Ambrose Bierce was in command of a skirmish line of Union soldiers at Kennesaw Mountain in northern Georgia. He'd been a soldier for three years and, in that time, had been commended by his superiors for his efficiency and bravery during battle.
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Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.
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Above all, we must avoid the pitfalls of tribalism. If we are divided among ourselves on tribal lines, we open our doors to foreign intervention and its potentially harmful consequences.
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Every training session, I try to simulate the conditions similar to where I am racing.
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I wasn't really taught about the value of money. I just learnt it as I grew up, but I do remember my dad telling me that it was important to always have some savings, and that stuck with me. I've always believed that putting money aside is a good thing.
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I have a natural right to do whatever I want with my body... as long as it doesn't affect anybody else or any other property.
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I try to make my fans happy by working hard in every film of mine, and I give my films everything I've got.
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One of the biggest things I learned was that it's OK to be nervous and admit that you're having a hard time.
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'Radioactive' is the fall out of my life's inspirations, a testament to my ability to survive it all and to tell the story.
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I was in fittings for the first costume even before I knew I was even going to be 'Deathlok.'
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Everyone in business is tenacious and extremely aggressive. If you're not a 'now' person - do it right now - then you're not going to be successful. I like that kind of mentality.
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When you mimic everyone, sometimes authority figures really don't appreciate it which is not an original story. And pretty much every comedian has some tale of that.
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I cannot step into any day without help. I have a fantastically engaged husband who is very present for his children and our family life. We've got a brilliant nanny, other help from parents-in-law, godparents, friends. Also, I've had incredible women around me in the business.
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I try not to eat anything which is too fat, and I can't eat anything which is too sweet.
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You know, I think the film business is its own worst enemy because it sells movies on DVD footage and 'behind the scenes,' and now it's a real struggle trying to keep storylines and plotlines a secret.
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In the dictionary of Satyagraha, there is no enemy.
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You can see how an increase in the water level would wipe out hundreds of thousands of people's homes.
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The challenging part of parenting for me is to make sure that an individual person is an individual and not some sort of cookie-cutter version of me. At the same time, I want to make sure that I impart my sense of the world as an adult.
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I was very lucky: I started acting in this highly subsidized German theater world, so there was not so much job insecurity. We had great working conditions, long rehearsal times, well paid.
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The people's voice, as I say, is the voice of God.
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I was playing 'The Flight of the Bumblebee,' and I totally forgot the ending, so I performed the whole piece again, and I still couldn't remember it.
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Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more.
