Richard MacDonald Quotes
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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What I love is dropping into someone else's life and exploring it.
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I've worked hard throughout my entire life, but I don't think all the hard work could have produced the same results without all the genetics I was given.
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The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.
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When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but obviously my aspirations have changed a bit since then.
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The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
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Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He looked the same, and you knew it was him when you saw him. Plus, he was a very smart person, which is also very attractive. His style was simple, not distracting, and very strong.
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The anorexic is out to prove how little she needs, how little she can survive on; she is out, in a sense, to discredit her nurturers, while at the same time making a public crisis out of her need for nurture. Such vulnerability and such power: it brings the whole female machinery to a halt.
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Once again our cricketers have flattered to deceive in Australia.
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Despotism is the only form of government which may with safety to itself, neglect the education of its infant poor.
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The happiest days of my youth were when my brother and I would run through the woods and feel quite safe.
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Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.
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I'm not totally sure what I want to be doing, but it's so fun to be on 'SNL' because you get exposed to so many different people and so many different experiences. It's a cool, lucky way to break into the business.
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I want to tell President Sarkozy - and through him, all the French people - that they were our support, our light.
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Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.
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Sometimes you want a Part Two in your life.
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Presbyterians are 'the spirit of the Antichrist.' (Greg Palast, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, p. 239)
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How do you stand out as a fashion ad campaign? By using people off the street; it does generate buzz.
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You spend so much time writing a character the way I did with Buddy Baker and then Green Arrow that you start to care about them. And you almost think of them as people, you know?
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When your family is with you, it is not the hardest part. The hardest part is not giving up! Sometimes you stop and see everything and you do not know if everything that you are doing is going to pay off. If you work hard, it is going to pay off. But, you will not know until it actually pays off! It is easy to say: "I am not doing this anymore. It's not working!" But, there is a time that you invested so long and so much, that giving up is not an option! You need to keep on going and believe that persistence definitely pays off.
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My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.
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I've been introduced to some huge designers that I could never afford. It's really cool.
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There are very few people who do what I do.