Vincent McNabb Quotes
We shall not hold the dangerous axiom that 'truth is the best policy,' because policy is but a means to an end; and truth is an end, not a means.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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Most of Google's home technologies have failed to catch on in a major way.
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Bulls can do nothing to demand justice. They can only defend themselves as best they can in a fight with a pre-determined ending and die never knowing why they were forced to endure such a painful and prolonged death. It's up to us, as a civilized society, to call for an end to the Running of the Bulls and bullfighting.
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As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.
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There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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The privileged classes today are bothered about petrol and diesel prices while the poor can't afford two meals a day. I am a very small person, but I want us to think beyond personal and regional interests.
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If there's a cat, I obliterate it by putting polka dot stickers on it. I obliterate a horse by putting polka dot stickers on it. And I obliterated myself by putting the same polka dot stickers on myself.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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Last week I did a piece for Style on advice to Laura Bush about how to help her husband. This week it's religion. It just depends on what I find interesting at the moment.
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I cut up loads. I always want everything shorter, shorter, shorter.
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John wrote with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for its future.
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If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.
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I'm not interested in the suburbs. The suburbs bore me. And I'm not interested in isolating myself. I feel good when I'm engaged in what I think are the core issues of the society, and those core issues to me are what's happening to poor folks in this society.
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In as much as any invisible, unbelievable, unknowable fictional character is, yes.
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A man is an artist only at certain moments, by an effort of will. Objects have the same appearance for everybody.
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Such is the custom of Branksome Hall.
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Give hope (the magic ingredient for success) - you will have hope and be made hopeful.
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Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege.
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Were all men equal to-night, some would get the start by rising an hour earlier to-morrow.
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Happy will be the men who, having the power and the love and the benevolent forecast to create a park, will do it. They will not be forgotten. The trees and their lovers will sing their praises, and generations yet unborn will rise up and call them blessed.
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Develop a clear vision for your organization. Where do you want to be in five years?
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We shall not hold the dangerous axiom that 'truth is the best policy,' because policy is but a means to an end; and truth is an end, not a means.
