Catherine Mayer Quotes
Writing a book is like running a marathon. You need to be fit to do it, mentally and, as far as possible, physically.
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I would love to have some sort of 'Back To The Future' Delorean time machine travel device so I could go back to 1981 to see that very first Jackson 5 concert I went to, back when I was a kid.
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I only use my sick days for hang-overs and soap opera weddings.
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I knew Hunter Thompson since the '70s, and I loved him, but he would wear me out as I got older.
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I knew that I wanted to be an actor; how to go about it was the question. I went to Australia for my studies; from there I told my dad that I also want to do a course in performing arts, but my father refused. So I completed my studies and came back. But I kept poking him, saying that acting is something that I want to do.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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I'll talk about these things, but it's just, you know, you only get so much time and I'm much more interested in what I'm going to be doing next year than in something I did 10 years ago.
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I've played sports and been active my whole life.
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People don't talk to me the way they would other people. They kind of look at me, but they never come over. It makes me feel like there's something wrong with me.
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Throughout the day, my phone will variously chirp, burp and growl – it's like living with a velociraptor. The last time I went to try to shut it off, the thing bit me.
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I never worry about being driven to drink; I just worry about being driven home.
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Conservatives like to insist that their judges are strict constructionists, giving the Constitution and statutes their precise meaning and no more, while judges like Ms. Sotomayor are activists. But there is no magic right way to interpret terms like 'free speech' or 'due process' - or potato chip.
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When you play a guitar for a long time, you get your hand oils in there; it starts feeling good and behaving, and you just don't want to mess with that.
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I was a baseball guy. Mom wouldn't let me play football when I was little because she was scared I'd get hurt. So, I finally convinced her to let me play in 7th grade.
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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever / Only, nothing is eternal.
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When you're talking about capital and financial things, which I certainly pay a lot of attention to, I base those decisions on one question that I typically ask myself, which is 'Does it help us to build a better company?'
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Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin.
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Headliners, no matter the genre, usually are a person or band who has an ethos.
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So many things have to come together to get a creatively successful and financially successful film. Sometimes you'll have a movie that you're very proud of, and you think it transcended all of your expectations, but it doesn't come out at the right time. I have done movies that have never been released. That can be depressing.
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Always have a plan and believe in it. I tell my coaches not to compromise. Nothing good happens by accident.
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I went over to the Charlestown Navy Yard yesterday and saw some big men of war, one over 100 guns.
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I suppose I'm just an old soul.
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Children are the ones that know exactly what's going on in the world, you know. They 'see' more than adults, 'believe' in more, are honest, and will always, 'always' let you know where you stand.
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Writing a book is like running a marathon. You need to be fit to do it, mentally and, as far as possible, physically.
