Jack McDevitt Quotes
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I don't know about whether I thought I would make it this big.
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I'm an entrepreneur.
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
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The difference between the denominational system and the public school system is all the difference between bolstering them up on the one hand and letting them alone of the other.
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I don't think that bands that make it on their first album are as strong as bands that don't: there is nowhere to go but down.
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My father died when I was 14, and my mother juggled two jobs so she could make sure my sister and I were OK.
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Now, I love playing moms who can't hide their paranoia.
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I think, for any actor, dealing with the paranormal is intriguing.
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The Negro was a political football between his former slave master and Northern political adventurers. The economic basis of this contest was the power to tax, to float bonds, to award franchise: in short, to gain control over the financial resources of the newly organized States.
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I toured with Lady Gaga, and her choreographer is incredibly talented and develops some crazy routines. Lady Gaga is very involved in the dancing, too, and she always wants to have creative input. I had an incredible time with her!
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The Syrian regime is helping the insurgency in Iraq and allowing all kinds of militants to come in and out, and go to Iraq to attack random soldiers and innocent people.
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He who aspires to paradise should learn to deal with people with kindness.
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I feel like I'm a New Yorker because I really know the city. I actually tell the drivers where to go - I have this bad habit, I always question the drivers. I do that all the time because I feel like I know the best way, when really it's like, 'Yo, man, shut up. This dude does this every day of his life.'
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I accept sceptics, you've got to have challenges.
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Rather than hearing from the city council president, you'd hear from sources all across the country.
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Love is just chemistry.
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We want to nurture startups on our platform, just like we did in the old world.
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The most difficult thing to do is drama.
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Trust your gut feeling about things, listen to what others are saying, and look at the results of your actions. Once you know the truth, you can set about taking action to improve. Everyone will be better for it.
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Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it.
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I've already had a hard time dealing with some of the trappings of success and turned to some pretty stereotypical escape routes - ways of escaping my own reality and falling into some pretty clichéd situations.
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How does it happen that the most intractable types always rise to the top?
