Nick McDonell (Robert Nicholas "Nick" McDonell) Quotes
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I started as a teenager going up on commercials.
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I knew I was going to be somebody.
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I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going.
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I love going to second-hand stores.
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I never dread going back to Congress.
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Posterity makes the judgments. There are going to be a lot of surprises in store for everybody.
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I've been fortunate to be in films that are classic, that are going to be around.
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On the weekends, I do the usual parental things, going to the boys' football tournaments or getting out for a hike along the Great Wall.
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Anything that's done to address unemployment in terms of massive stimulus spending is going to exacerbate deficits. And anything that's done to address deficits in the short-term is going to exacerbate unemployment.
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The next great decathlete is going to be a runner. I still feel that a Dan O'Brien, if he was a runner and not a sprinter, could have gone over 9,000 points.
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If you're going to stay in the Olympics, you've got to be entertaining and get sponsorship.
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I never going to satisfy everybody, so I decided to satisfy myself.
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Everyone is going to die.
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I'm not going to give up the shock part of my comedy.
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I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.
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Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK.
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Those who talk don't know what is going on and those who know what is going on won't talk.
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If I'm not going to get a part, tell me why.
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No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious, or an economy of time more valuable.
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If I'm going to be staying up until 3 A.M., it should be for world peace and not shampoo sales.
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Another random thing I do is the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI. And you may be familiar with the movie 'Contact,' which sort of popularized that. It turns out there are real people who go out and search for extraterrestrials in a very scientific way.
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Science as such assuredly has no authority, for she can only say what is, not what is not.
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A degree of self-awareness is extremely valuable... I hope I have that going forward.
