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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It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.
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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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The best revolutions are unplanned, and the most democratic are leaderless.
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I would never take part in one of those Eighties nostalgia tours, although I've been asked many times, because it's like admitting you have nothing new to offer. As long as I can keep making music I'm happy with, and people want to come to my gigs to hear it, I'll carry on.
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The Jews I knew growing up didn't do 'do-it-yourself.' When my father needed to hammer something he generally used his shoe, and the only real tool he owned was a pair of needle-nose pliers.
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My grandparents were very well-educated people, but in the Jewish tradition. They knew everything about the Bible. And then they had to come to Brussels, to run away from Poland, because there was too much anti-Semitism. They lost everything they had.
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It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death.
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In a way that somebody else converts to Judaism or becomes a Hare Krishna, I belong to the church of fried chicken.
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The whole American pop culture started in Philadelphia with 'American Bandstand' and the music that came out of that city.
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What lasts, what endures, as Shakespeare knew, is this: the story of a life. No more, no less.
