William McFee Quotes
One must choose between obscurity with efficiency, and fame with its inevitable collateral of bluff.
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For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.
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You don't have to be something to do something.
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The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.
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When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.
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I'm having a good time. Managing my things takes a lot of time.
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Death remains about the one certain fact in the lives of each one of us, and there will be suffering, sorrow, and sadness next week as there was last week.
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A big thing that gets people in trouble in the kitchen is not reading the recipe from start to finish before you cook it. Before you start anything, read through the entire recipe once.
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I think if you're everyone's cup of tea, that probably means you're a little bit boring, or you're not pushing yourself. Creativity happens where it's dangerous and scary: where you're not comfortable.
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It's ironic that the growth of Scottish nationalism has precipitated in the English the sort of hand-wringing the Scots have always done over who they are.
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I saw an interview that I did with someone, and I was horrified by it. And I said to my wife, 'This is unbearable how I talk.'
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Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them.
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I've been fortunate to be working mostly right out of school. Every year, there was a little something, and it kept the confidence going. It's about confidence and the belief.
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International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.
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At Oracle, silver medal is first loser.
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I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.
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A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast.
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My earlier exposure to physics certainly helped me in the use of biophysical techniques like crystallography, the use of computing, calculations, etc.
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Invention is nothing more than a fine deviation from, or enlargement on a fine model . . .
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Music helps us understand where we have come from but, more importantly, what has happened to us.
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My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule.
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I still remember him fondly, there in the doorway. He was absolutely the first person to show me how comfortable it is to arrive in a strange, potentially hostile environment, and discover that you have been preceded by your reputation, that you don't have to do anything to be accepted, that your name is known, that everyone knows about you, and it's the others, the strangers, who must strive to win your favor, and not you theirs.
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One must choose between obscurity with efficiency, and fame with its inevitable collateral of bluff.
