Everett McGill Quotes
'Quest' is a romantic name for journey, and I think 'fire' is a word that has stimulating connotations for all of us.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.
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I've been real fortunate to be on a lot of great teams.
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Tweeting has taught me the discipline to say more with fewer words.
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I'm not here to win a popularity contest.
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You do not win by struggling to the top of a caste system, you win by refusing to be trapped within one at all.
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There were evictions that I saw that I know I'll never forget. In one case, the sheriff and the movers came up on a house full of children. The mom had passed away, and the children had just gone on living there. And the sheriff executed the eviction order - moved the kids' stuff out on the street on a cold, rainy day.
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You don't have to always write about big stuff. Writing is about expressing yourself, you know? It can be about small stuff, too.
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I started very, very young to make movies - I was 21. And at the age of 27, 28, I'd done already three movies.
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I love film. I love going to see films; I always have. I've done quite a few.
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I feel lucky that I always have a number of films to choose from. I would like to come out of my comfort zone while doing various roles, and I don't want to keep repeating my characters.
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When I did 'Parent Trap,' I was ten. I was thrown off by the whole fame thing.
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I think for an artist it's really important to have experiences, and I've had a lot of those. It's definitely inspired my lyrics and my style, even down to what I wear.
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I've never worked in the U.K. television industry, but my guess it that it's a tough world for directors.
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I always feel like people in general are much weirder and insane than anybody really wants to admit. How dare somebody watch anything and go, 'That's not real!' Go on the subway. For five minutes.
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Love is a component of many different things - the baggage you bring, the moment, what you need in your life, seeing someone as a portal for understanding everything, and all the intensity that brings. It's not something to count on and act like it's a stable thing.
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America to me is so varied and exciting. I always feel nostalgia for the place I'm not in, and then I get there and find myself in a traffic jam going into the Lincoln Tunnel, and I think, 'God, why was I romanticizing this part of the country?' I think it has to do with the romantic, unrealistic temperament.
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Memories were the markers of the journey through life. It was necessary to know where you had come from. Only then could you know where you were going.
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A Germany team should not be afraid going into a tournament. History shows that we can raise the level of our game when it matters.
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It was just very interesting to me that certain types of women inspire people's imagination, and all of them were very difficult women.
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'Quest' is a romantic name for journey, and I think 'fire' is a word that has stimulating connotations for all of us.
