William McFee Quotes
Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.
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I'm afraid one thing - I don't like heights. Heights bug me out. I'm not cool with heights. I refuse to do a comedy show 12 stories up. I'm fearless about everything else.
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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Any actor wants their movies and their work to be seen. You don't make a movie or get into this profession for your work not to be seen and just to show them to your mates at home.
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The greatest thing you can give a child is confidence.
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Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.
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I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
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When I saw Arnold say that he didn't need a union, because people in his position don't need it, I thought, this is a very naive way to present yourself. It's also kinda dumb about making movies. It doesn't realize how the union movement even helps the star.
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I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.
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When I was living in New York and didn't have a penny to my name, I would walk around the streets and occasionally I would see an alcove or something. And I'd think, that'll be good, that'll be a good spot for me when I'm homeless.
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What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left!
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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
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I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
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Bernard Hopkins? He fights scary dirty. I mean, he did what he had to do in his career.
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Couples counseling gets many couples back together. But not all, and not always. For your own sake and that of your children, however, I recommend it - I almost insist on it - as the first step for anyone unhappy in a relationship.
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You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.
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I'm more interested in where I'll be in five or 10 years than where I am now.
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It's funny: the reason I did 'Beautiful Creatures' was the same reason I did everything else - even though it was a genre film and existed at a more studio level, the script and the characters were so well written.
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I want anything I produce to be good for people kind enough to try it, but it's the momentum and process I enjoy most.
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I often use the same harmonies as pop music because the complexity of what I do is elsewhere.
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I couldn't bear to end up like Elvis Presley in Las Vegas with all those housewives and old ladies coming in with their handbags.
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When something's over with me, it's over.
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Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.
