Ian McDonald Quotes
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I would never let somebody say that they're me. That would be the ultimate betrayal of what I stand for.
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I created 'The Guild' because nobody was offering me the roles I thought I could do best at in Hollywood.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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I don't have a problem with recognition... It's very, very rarely about who I am, it's always, 'I love your work.'... It's always in relation to my work, which I think is a really lucky thing to have happen as opposed to, 'Oh, you're a famous personality.'
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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What I did was, I went and collected every bit of information from Adventist publishing houses in the basic areas of doctrine covered in the book Questions on Doctrine.
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I've made these films, and I'm really proud, but my lifestyle hasn't changed.
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Rock will never be dead for me. Do I like a lot of what I hear on rock music radio? No, not for the most part. I'm not a fan of the regurgitated Pearl Jam and Nickelback crap that's the biggest thing in the Midwest. There isn't that big of a market for rock anymore. Every once in a while something happens and you like it.
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We don't go against the will of the people.
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My greatest concern is that the emergence of this technology without the appropriate public attention and international controls could lead to an unstable arms race.
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I would not invest in any shoe that is too trendy.
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Playing the quarterback position, there are so many things you need to master that improvement ends up taking place on graduated levels.
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For years Don Imus was just – boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.
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Sometimes I read a really good script, and I just know that it's not a good fit.
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I believe that everybody has the right to view his or her own body as a palette. However, I think intellectuals should at least try to be role models.
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In Cuba you get a quarter of a chicken per month. They give you one bread per person a day. So, it makes your life really tough.
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Anytime you bring a really powerful new technology to market there are multiple implications. You start changing the relative position of countries.
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The object of art - like every other product - creates a public which is sensitive to art and enjoys beauty.
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Less than the weed that grows beside thy door
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The geek of the Earth are a tribe and they are mighty.
