John McEnroe Quotes
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations; it can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.
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I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.
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I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
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I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.
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I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.
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If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
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Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
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There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind.
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Not a lot of people have jobs that they're really comfortable with, but I'm one of those people.
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In some ways, technology keeps on enhancing us, and we embrace it.
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When you have your best stuff, it's a lot easier to pitch.
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The most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have a good time.
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I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.
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In many professions, what used to matter most were abilities associated with the left side of the brain: linear, sequential, spreadsheet kind of faculties. Those still matter, but they're not enough. What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking.
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Homicide is the best material I've had the chance to do.
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I look OK. I look better in person than I do on film, which is bad because it's how I make my living, but I am not a beauty and on balance I am glad.
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There's this famous observation that I totally believe: Great startup ideas are the ones that lie in the intersection of the Venn diagram of 'is a good idea' and 'looks like a bad idea.' So you want most people to think it's a bad idea and thus not compete with you until you get giant. But for it to secretly be good.
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Time management is a big part of the director's job.
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And I don't care how simple or convenient it would make things for everyone else if I were to just lie down and die. I will not let myself be killed or captured!
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I chose John Carroll Lynch as my SAG name when I was 19 years old. I was working in D.C., and I got my SAG card by doing a first aid film for the Red Cross called 'Bleeding Control'. They had a union contract.
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Why do we go around acting as though everything was friendship and reliability when basically everything everywhere is full of sudden hate and ugliness?
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I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward. It showed everyone that you can just sit really quiet with storylines and characters. It can be scary, it can be uncomfortable, it can be weirdly funny.
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I'll let the racket do the talking.
