John McCarthy Quotes
Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather devoted to it.
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We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good.
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The Haisla named this point Obela. Not so long ago, the bay was lined with longhouses and canoes, totem poles and fishing gear. The reserve was once a winter village, a place to celebrate the sacred season, when memories passed in dance and song and stories from one generation to the next with great feasts called potlatches.
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But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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That's the place we're in right now: we think we have the capability to get every piece of information, and we don't. We don't know what's going on behind the closed curtain. If we want to say we live in a free democratic society, we should be able to find out whatever we want to.
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There's an energy in an urban core that you just don't get anywhere else.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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Back when I was growing up, it was like, 'You're too young to know what you want. We're telling you what you want. It doesn't matter if you like it. And you are stupid. Just so you know.'
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I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.
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I have encountered those who feel that libraries have served their purpose and are no longer needed. There are those who consider them a soft target when it comes to local authority budget cuts. In certain political quarters, there is a refusal to see that our public library service needs active protection.
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From LeBron's standpoint, if a guy like Kyrie walks away - that creates doubt. But Kyrie committed right away, and that's a major statement about his faith in us.
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Remember that when criticism is difficult to accept, there is probably some truth to it.
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Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I still live under the illusion that basically people think of me as an up-and-coming young actor.
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Thus, in a sense, mathematics has been most advanced by those who distinguished themselves by intuition rather than by rigorous proofs.
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Telling the public, 'We'll get to it later,' is inadequate. That's what the federal government does.
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Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather devoted to it.
