Campbell McGrath Quotes
It's not surprising to me that books ended up playing a central role in my life, but it is somewhat mysterious that poetry did.
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I think my films kind of walk this line that I'm proud of, that they feel sort of like films of my youth, which were far more commercial.
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An artist is born like a priest is born. If they are born an artist, I would tell them art is not a game: it is something very serious which completely requires everything you have to give.
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Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.
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I'm not the perfect model of what an athlete should be, mentally or physically.
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People had an idea of what R&B artists or pop artists usually say, which was like, 'Talk about sex, talk about partying, and be positive; don't be too much of a downer.'
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I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my life and my country and my child's education... I wish we didn't have so much money in politics, but that's not the world we live in. If we don't play here, we forfeit. And I'm not willing to forfeit my rights.
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We need to write books that publicists and marketers and booksellers and book club leaders and librarians and readers can get excited about. That have something about them that makes them stand out. That makes them shine.
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It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.
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I will not get very far with this attitude.
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If we want to preserve Heathrow's hub status, we need to stop clogging it up with point-to-point flights to places such as Cyprus and Greece, which between them account for 87 weekly flights, and contribute nothing to overall connectivity.
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I'm a rock and roll singer.
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The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
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I just don't think I've ever been comfortable at public functions and selling myself as an entity.
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Anyone is welcome to hang out with me and have fun or sit down with me and talk. I don't discriminate against anyone. And I don't condone hating someone or treating them badly because they live differently than I do.
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Lewis Black taught me stand-up.
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As long as I can remember, I've been writing - first poems, then stories, and by my early teenage years I was also in love with sailing.
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All Americans have benefited from the dedicated service of Representative Henry Waxman. In every battle and in every moment that mattered most, Rep. Waxman stood up for the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the wild places we cherish.
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I love adrenaline. I like senseless violence.
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I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I have a lot of respect for people with a lot of talent.
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The philosophy of jazz represents tolerance, teamwork and inclusion. That's what America is about. The music reflects that.
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It's not surprising to me that books ended up playing a central role in my life, but it is somewhat mysterious that poetry did.
