John McGahern Quotes
I think it's linked to the realisation that we're not going to live forever and that the way of saying and the language become more important than the story.
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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I had really bad obsessive-compulsive disorder. At its worst, I was compelled to leave my house at three o'clock in the morning and go out in the alley because I just knew that the paper-towel roll I threw in the recycling bin was uncomfortable, like it was lying the wrong way, and I would be down in the garbage.
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I like Noah from 'The Notebook.' One - hundred percent. I fall in love with him so hard.
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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I just want to be a little more real. Maybe I'm a little bit darker than others.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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I'm not a huge soccer fan, but I follow the sport. I played in high school, a little bit in college, played on various club teams most of my life, and all three of my sons are competitive soccer players and far better than I ever was.
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If I made a musical in the beginning of my career, it would have been crane shots and tracking shots and people coming out of cakes and whatever, but these techniques are something that I've left behind me.
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I want to be like a Muhammad Ali, like a Julio Cesar Chavez. So when people talk about boxing, they have to remember Canelo.
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Madrid is not as big as London, but it is true when you are coming from a big city like Madrid, nothing is going to surprise you, and I am very happy to move to a city like London. It is a big city, and you can do everything you want with the respect that the English people always have.
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I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.
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I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.
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My dad had been an ardent amateur photographer, and he taught me to compose a photograph from the back to the front, and then populate the picture.
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The soul is known by it's acts.
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We want Quora to last forever, and in order to last forever, it's going to need to have revenue. One of the best things about ads is that you don't need to exclude anyone.
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I have this whole section in my oyster book where I talk about how New Yorkers have gotten divorced from the sea and completely forget that they live by the sea, and I suggest that this happened when they lost their oysters.
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I've tried to learn as much as I can about the great jazz singers to understand what makes them important, vital artists, but there is always something more to learn.
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Whether it's just walking down the street to try to go to a movie, go to dinner, something like that, there are always a few people that recognize you.
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I think it's linked to the realisation that we're not going to live forever and that the way of saying and the language become more important than the story.
