Joseph McCabe Quotes
An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.
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Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out.
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Over the years, I've learned that a sense of humor is the only skill that allows you to turn sucking at life into a career.
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Forget mung beans' reputation as healthy yet bland - used right, they soak up loads of flavour.
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When we shoot 'Scrubs' I spend every waking hour of my life in an abandoned and haunted hospital. All I can date there are ghosts and they tend to be horrible snugglers.
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I want to have my desperate need for personal success shrunk, not enlarged.
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I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.
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Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose.
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Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.
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I am lactose intolerant, and I always thought it was really funny how people who are lactose intolerant continue to eat dairy, because they like it so much. And I find it not acceptable.
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I would not waste time, as Senator Gillibrand does, on things such as dictating a national minimum driving age and sponsoring a 'National Day of Play.' I'd help New Yorkers understand that we get less in value from Washington than what we send there in taxes.
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I like to travel by myself.
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You never talk about what you want when giving money. I don't pay attention to what other people think... There shouldn't be restrictions of any kind on political contributions.
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As I read, I start to form clear ideas of the characters and allow myself to be a proper conduit for this author's voice so that you will feel you have been on a seductive audio journey.
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The 1990s, after the reign of terror of academic vandalism, will be a decade of restoration: restoration of meaning, value, beauty, pleasure, and emotion to art and restoration of art to its audience.
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I love living around black people. Home is home. We suffer under racism and the physical deprivations that come with that, but beneath that, we form cultures and traditions that are beautiful.
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I've built my homeland, I've even founded my state - in my language.
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I like to sing covers of songs that are at the extreme ends from what I usually listen to.
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After 'Lindbergh,' my publisher asked whom I wanted to write about next. I said, 'There's one idea I've been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It's Woodrow Wilson.'
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Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronkite was not him sitting there at the anchor desk, but him out there doing things.
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God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.
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How could you carry the inside of a person with you and not call them a friend, no matter what the rules said?
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An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.
