Campbell McGrath Quotes
I like each of my books to be different. Once I've done something I like to move on and push myself to learn new things and expand the limits of poetic form.
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The first prize for any production is, if you can find a location that means you don't have to build sets, that will serve, and is not excessively expensive to hire, then it can save you a lot of money.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization.
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Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.
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I'm such a perfectionist.
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I've never been on a television show as a regular before.
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You shouldn't be ashamed of your pain. You have the right to have your pain treated.
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It was a difficult second record. I had moments where I couldn't write; had moments where I was writing lots. It was just a massive learning process for me.
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I missed the television train at some point. I don't know what happened, but now I've created a complex about it. I'm missing out on what everybody's watching, and now I can't even begin to think about starting to watch a television show because it's been so long. I don't even have a Netflix account.
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It's often out of my own insecurity. If I'm picky, it's for that reason. I want to be able to bring my best to the table. So if I'm not connecting to something, then I'm not gonna hold up my end of the bargain, and that's really embarrassing.
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I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
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In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining their jubilant singing of the Internationale. In the two decades since, each time that I have gone back, visions from those days seem to return with increasing persistence.
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The sound of a golf game is very different than the sound of a football game.
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Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
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It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money.
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To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity.
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My drive is still cool, it's not like how when I first began. I don't think anyone's drive is the same.
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Anyone that ever accomplished anything, did not know how they were going to do it. They only knew they were going to do it.
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The very provision of benches by the council or the corporation acknowledges the human need to be private in public, to be conspicuously idle, to have nothing better to do.
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I like each of my books to be different. Once I've done something I like to move on and push myself to learn new things and expand the limits of poetic form.
