John McGahern Quotes
I feel I grew up in a different century than I live in. I think most of them are changes for the good.
Quotes to Explore
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Fashion and interior design are one and the same.
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If anything, the children of Paris should be giving me even more money for having the privilege of being in the same city as my incredible quality. And so should David Beckham. Call it a Zlaritable donation.
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I've been traveling all over the world for 25 years, performing, talking to people, studying their cultures and musical instruments, and I always come away with more questions in my head than can be answered.
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I feel that the world is increasingly about the bottom line, and not so much about human respect or human dignity. In that regard, people who care about other people will not be in a position to make choices and do things that other people who they're competing against will get to do.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
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I want to be free... free to develop my art.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.
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I live - I live a highly scheduled life. There's absolutely no time wasted. I'm very focused. And I have a great assistant.
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The effort of every time I put out a video, it was like, 'Okay, I've got to put it on my Facebook, I've got to put it on my website, what's the view count now? What's the view count now? What's the view count now?' You get obsessive with it.
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I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.
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I'm a benefit to the city. I'm not a detriment.
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In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
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The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
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I am grateful that as a reporter and as an anchor, people have allowed me to share their stories.
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There is no question that the minority party always makes a sport of going after the governor.
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If we don't heal our own hood, who will?
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I've probably given myself enough time to prepare for this meet and we're all different athletes so I can't take their results as what's going to be inevitable for me.
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The gene therapies on my body are to measure the effects on humans. There is plenty of animal research to support these gene therapies but no one was conducting human tests.
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I think if I was Trinidadian, I would latch more on to the myths and romanticise the place more. I don't think it's my place to do that - they're not really mine. I'm an outsider.
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I feel I grew up in a different century than I live in. I think most of them are changes for the good.
