Nick McDonell (Robert Nicholas "Nick" McDonell) Quotes
I know that I work hard for the things that I do, and I really go to the places that I report on.
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If you're from Oakland, and you're not a Raiders fan, then you're not from Oakland.
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The two most important things in my life were academics and sports. I had to do my schoolwork first.
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I'm not a good guitar player.
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I had one drama teacher who was amazing, Ms. Perkins. She really tried to inspire me and get me going.
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A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.
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'Jaws' was the definitive filmmaking turning point for me. It came out in the summer of '75 and I saw it an obsessive 55 times. They even ran a very embarrassing article about me in the local paper, about the weird kid who's seen 'Jaws' 55 times.
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Being Somali, being Muslim, it's always something I've been very proud of.
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We lived in a classless society. We'd spend a summer at Gore Vidal's house in Italy, but we were on and off welfare.
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It is neither my intention to depart from the route of John Garang nor to change the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
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I have stepped outside my comfort zone enough to know that, yes, the world does fall apart, but not in the way that you fear.
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Everybody thinks that an important book has to be a big, long book.
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I'm not a comedienne. I'm an actress.
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I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chairman of the British Fashion Council.
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When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.
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AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching.
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The most important thing you will do is yet to be seen. For me, I found my important thing to do when I learned to do surgery on the eye, when I learned to restore a person's vision.
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Let's say you need a perfectly obedient servant who never gets tired, never needs to be paid, and is virtually indestructible. If you're in a galaxy a long time ago and far, far away, you'll just fly off to the local droid auction and pick up one of those shiny gold models with lovely manners.
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The way we remember people, even their beauty is all so subjective and a matter of perspective.
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Mmmmmmmmmm....You can almost smell the burning pork...Hey you ever thrown rocks at cops?
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... photography, like all camera-made images such as film and video, effaces the marks of its making (and maker) at the click of a shutter. A photograph appears to be self-generated - as though it had created itself.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world.
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I know that I work hard for the things that I do, and I really go to the places that I report on.
