John McCarthy Quotes
Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more.
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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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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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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 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 history of the human race, those periods which later appeared as great have been the periods when the men and the women belonging to them had transcended the differences that divided them and had recognized in their membership in the human race a common bond.
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Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
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She sank again into the salty water...into the delicious warm brine-tasting depths of her grief.
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Blue Moon,You saw me standing alone,Without a dream in my heart,Without a love of my own.
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The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of Government.
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A newspaper is always a weapon in somebody's hands.
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I would not like young people to ask this question, why were we born at all. I want them to ask every kind of question but for them to question why they have been born to a situation which does not assure them of their right to dignity and to freedom from want and from fear, that is not the kind of question I would want anyone to ask.
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Like everyone, I had low self-esteem, and I wanted to be like the pretty, popular girls.
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If no one's doing the creative work that you want to do, do it yourself.
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Dogma is the guardian of mystery. The doctrines are spiritually significant in ways that we cannot fathom.
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I still write more songs about girls than anything else.
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Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more.
