Eugene McCarthy Quotes
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.
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They wanted to audition people for the Middle East correspondent on 'The Daily Show.' They wanted to hire somebody ethnic for that slot. Helms had left, Cordry had left, and they felt that they needed an ethnic face. So, I went in and auditioned, and I got the job.
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Who am I? Not the body, because it is decaying; not the mind, because the brain will decay with the body; not the personality, nor the emotions, for these also will vanish with death.
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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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My father felt that his world of ideas was too liberal for traditional rabbinical teachings, and he looked for a chance to find a way in life.
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Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out.
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If you were to ask me to pick my favourite author, well, there are so many of them, I'd really just have to say the first names that came to mind, and I'm sure that I'll later think 'Oh, I should have mentioned that one.'
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For me, soccer was a dance.
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Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.
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I feel like we can't pick who we fall in love with because if we could, we would all make better choices. Your heart just falls where it falls.
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I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.
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I don't sit there and speculate. I'm not that sort of person. It wastes time, actually.
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I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
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I'm a Jane Austen/Jane Eyre kind of girl.
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I'd get to a point with my colleagues when I couldn't explain any further, because it came down to 'To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible.'.
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Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity- * * * * * *That is not quickly buzz'd into his ears?
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We benefit, intellectually and personally, from the interplay between different selves, from the balance between long-term contemplation and short-term impulse. We should be wary about tipping the scales too far. The community of selves shouldn't be a democracy, but it shouldn't be a dictatorship, either.
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I always loved Alan Menken songs and wanted my first album to be a tribute to him and his work. I always loved his music.
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You can have small moments of happiness in life. You certainly can't expect years and years of it.
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I was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set.
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One of the favorite tricks of the Democrats is to try to get the Republicans to pass over their strongest candidate and nominate instead a candidate who will be easy to beat.
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Never say anything in a national campaign that anyone might remember.
