Campbell McGrath Quotes
What lasts, what endures, as Shakespeare knew, is this: the story of a life. No more, no less.
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I'm known for having crazy shoes. I have a total Napoleon complex - I'm only 5'4", and every heel I have is four inches or more.
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My mom is from Cuba, my dad is from Spain, and I grew up in Miami. So there's maybe a little more flair in me than typical Silicon Valley types.
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Good design should be honest.
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I ain't just collab-ing with anybody. Because I don't care about making friends. I got enough friends.
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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
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You forget that sometimes comedy is just a big night out for people. Almost every show, people come up to me and go, 'This is the first comedy show I've ever seen,' so you want to do well. If you do horribly at somebody's first time seeing live stand-up, well, you've not only tainted yourself, you've tainted a whole art form.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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I've always been a huge fan of Julia Roberts. Without her what would the world be like?
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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Would-be adoptive parents have to struggle for years through a bureaucratic obstacle course at an average cost of $30,000.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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The biggest test for any cricketer in England is the weather.
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It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.
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I never wanted to be a model. My modelling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that's all I ever saw it as. A pointless rock in the river that has to be stepped on in order to get to the meaningful oasis of acting.
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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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If I didn't play tennis I don't know where I'd be.
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We all know business financial performance improves when more women are in senior levels of management and leadership.
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It is only a moment here and a moment there that the greatest writer has. Some cognizance of the fact must be taken in your teaching.
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There is only one thing about which I am certain, and this is that there is very little about which one can be certain.
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My own belief is that people can come back from anything. It doesn't mean that it won't come at a huge cost.
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Technology is rooted in the past. It dominates the present and tends into the future. It is a real historical movement - one of the great movements which shape and represent their epoch.
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What lasts, what endures, as Shakespeare knew, is this: the story of a life. No more, no less.
