John McCarthy Quotes
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When the opportunity came along to do 'Win, Lose or Draw,' I took it selfishly to find out if I did enjoy being me on camera. And I did that for the last two years I was doing 'Mama's Family.'
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You don't run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.
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I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
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I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
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Even though the moniker 'Vanilla ISIS' is tongue in cheek, it is a reminder to avoid constantly framing the concept of terrorism through an Islam-centric lens.
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At the end of the day, my legacy will not be modelling but my cosmetics line.
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I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.
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Imagine a libertarian president challenging Congress to repeal the PATRIOT Act.
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If you have difficulties making a decision, choose the lesser of the two evils.
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I can take any truth; just don't lie to me.
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I'm very happy at home. I love to just hang out with my daughter, I love to work in my garden. I'm not a gaping hole of need.
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I need wrong to get laughs. I need a normal world so that I can be abnormal, and that's my problem. Comedians need prejudice.
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Here in Canada, the people who oppose the tar sands most forcefully are Indigenous people living downstream from the tar sands. They are not opposing it because of climate change - they are opposing it because it poisons their bodies.
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I've been lucky enough to be too busy for TV because if I'm not, I'll get stuck in front of it.
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When I look at China's environmental problems, the real barrier is not lack of technology or money. It's lack of motivation.
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We need to educate our audience. It's so important to have diversity. Let's not fear different voices.
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I lived in an attached house. My father used to drive into the wrong driveway all the time. He'd say, Damn it, how do you tell one of these houses from another?
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I love doing independent films, but it's very hard to make a living that way.
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There are a lot of films where I play characters that are about the windows to the interior person rather than the exterior.
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I'm a big vinyl listener, I'm a big audiophile. I have a really nice stereo set up at home with a hi-fi and really nice turntable and it's a big deal to me to listen to music in it's purest form like that.
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He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
