Aaron McGruder Quotes
I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
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I want to do my hard dives really well, I want to see what my true potential in this sport really is. I want to grasp that.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
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What we've seen of Rey, she looks like she can handle her stuff. So most of the comments I get are from parents who say how wonderful it is that their little girls can see this character.
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I just see religious freedom, as a category, as just being a black hole.
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When readers close the covers on 'Running the Rift,' I want them to understand that it is not a genocide novel but rather a story of hope and rebirth.
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I didn't want to be one of those arty nutcases.
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The sad thing is that apparently if you want to become the next Premier or the leader, suddenly you've got to shut down your human side.
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I've always been like this - insecure - because I'm striving for something that can't be attained. I don't just want to be OK at this: I want to be the best at it, and I've never achieved that in my mind.
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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I never let anything stop me from doing what I want to do.
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I'm supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime, and I want to continue to do that.
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I want to say that maybe I've made some wrong decisions, but I'm still an honorable person, and I intend to take care of all of my obligations.
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If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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We who grew up with 'drop and cover' drills know all too well what wonders science can bring us, and we like to see the guy in the white lab coat suffer a little. Or a lot.
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In many ways, a song-writing partnership is like a marriage. Apart from just liking each other, a lyricist and a composer should be able to spend long periods of time together - around the clock if need be - without getting on each other's nerves. Their goals, outlooks, and basic philosophies should be similar.
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You are of no advantage to anyone who has your negative attention.
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Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are all in different ways seeking to drag him out of that peripheral position, back to center stage.
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The past is open to all sorts of magical possibilities because it can't be verified. It's as we make it, so it seems to be entirely free. It seems to be completely up for grabs. But of course it's not.
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I can't say that I fully relate to things that I play. Sometimes it's nice to spend half the day crying; then you don't have to do it in real life.
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I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
