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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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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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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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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Everybody in the Olympics is paid. Lindsay Vonn is going to make a million dollars whether she skis or not.
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I wouldn't like my fans going through my rubbish.
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There are kids going into chemistry and biology because of 'CSI.'
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I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.
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After we were hit on September 11, 2001, we were in a state of national shock. Less than six weeks later, on October 26 2001, the U.S.A. Patriot Act was passed by a Congress that had little chance to debate it; many said that they scarcely had time to read it.
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I'll be excited when I get my heart broken properly for the first time. I'll be like, 'Thank God I've experienced something. Someone wanted to kiss me.' That's when it's going to be interesting: When you break up, they're taking a piece with them.
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I'm plotting revolution against this lie that the majority has a monopoly of the truth. What are these truths that always bring the majority rallying round? Truths so elderly they are practically senile. And when a truth is as old as that, gentlemen, you can hardly tell it from a lie.
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A degree of self-awareness is extremely valuable... I hope I have that going forward.
