Eugene McCarthy Quotes
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One who neglects or disregards the existence of earth, air, fire, water and vegetation disregards his own existence which is entwined with them.
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I'm in a constant state of gratitude.
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I always like to sing barefoot.
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Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
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How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them.
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If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others; for the knowledge of truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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Sometimes fitness is a good thing to have, but you have to recognise that fitness takes you only so far, and skills are the most important thing. Fitness just helps you execute those cricketing skills for longer and more consistently, maybe.
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I feel like my brain is more geared towards a novel than it is to a movie.
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I guess I'm curious about how people process grief and how they process loss. And I'm also interested in the ways in which an event can have long-reaching consequences and a life over the course of years.
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The day I make movies that Rupert Murdoch likes and admires is the day I'll throw in the towel, because he's got no taste.
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The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II.
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The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.
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TV is starting to become such a collective experience again. People are watching it on their own time, rather than being on a schedule. Netflix offers the easy opportunity to watch as much as you can.
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Science consistently produces a new crop of miraculous truths and dazzling devices every year.
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To have the regard of one's peers is immensely moving.
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We all have to make choices in life.
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You can look at someone and get to know their music and say, 'This is someone who I want to work with.'
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Holy Joy were a cult '80s band led by the wonderful songwriting genius that is Johny Brown.
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But although the attractive virtue of the earth extends upwards, as has been said, so very far, yet if any stone should be at a distance great enough to become sensible compared with the earth's diameter, it is true that on the motion of the earth such a stone would not follow altogether; its own force of resistance would be combined with the attractive force of the earth, and thus it would extricate itself in some degree from the motion of the earth.
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London has this culture of the theatre that is so big, it was a like a dream - but I never had a thought to be able to play here because my English was not very good. So being given the opportunity to come work here was like a gift.
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Protest is when I say...'I don't agree with something'.... Resistance is when I ensure that things with which I disagree no longer take place
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I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.
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Those in pursuit of Why are inspired to do what is right. Those in pursuit of What are driven to do what is easy.
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We don't declare war any more; we declare national defense.
