Harvey Mackay Quotes
Good intentions aren't enough. People have good intentions when they set a goal to do something, but then they miss a deadline or other milestone.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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My father was the proprietor of a music shop on Forty-third Street, where many of the finest performers and musicians of the day would come to shop. He knew the classical repertoire inside out.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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For the first time I go to La Scala, for each thing, for each rehearsal, my knees were shaking. But the audience was very fine with me.
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I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies.
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The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
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Reading galleys on the subway is the closest the publishing industry comes to having a standardized mating call.
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When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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One of the saddest things about publishing is how quickly it ages what it touches. The frenzy involved in getting books on shelves, and in putting the word out that they're there, moves at a speed that is not the speed of writing, let alone of reading.
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Madonna and I are very different. Just saying. We're very different. I wouldn't make that comparison at all, and I don't mean to disrespect Madonna: she's a nice lady, and she's had a fantastic, huge career - biggest pop star of all time.
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Ultimately love is everything.
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I love to see a wood full of bluebells. Growing up in the Kent countryside, I have special memories of this brief annual spectacle.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.
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The first movie I ever cried at was when I was 10 years old and saw 'The Notebook' in theaters. I was like, 'Whoa, so weird. Crying at a movie? I'm not supposed to do that. So weird.' I didn't know that art could make you do that.
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What people think of me and my playing is up to them, not me.
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People with no morals often considered themselves more free, but mostly they lacked the ability to feel hate or love.
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I want to work, so I'm going where the work is.
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Good intentions aren't enough. People have good intentions when they set a goal to do something, but then they miss a deadline or other milestone.
