Jack McDevitt Quotes
So long as you believe in some truth you do not believe in yourself. You are a servant. A man of faith.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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There is a shortage of doctors, and the American Medical Association is aiming to keep it that way.
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Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.
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I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
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When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.
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I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.
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When an audience is affected in a way that I've seen with some people, it's so inspiring to me an actor. You know that you're on the right track and you're doing work that can affect people. When that goes hand-in-hand with important issues that we're still living with, and we will be for a long time, sadly, it's so confirming of everything.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
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I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
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Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.
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I am just an actor, but there are these other people who are really selfless. I come from a long line of nurses in my family, and they really do a thankless job.
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We must differentiate between guilt and duty. The soldier on the front, like the common man, who does his duty everywhere, should not be held responsible for the actions of a few who also called themselves Germans.
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Cosmonauts can keep their word like men and women - particularly women.
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It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.
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Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
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I don't see a lot of nature in L.A. Then again, I don't see a lot when I go back to St. Louis, either.
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It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.
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I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is.
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I love a long bath. I love anything creative. I love decorating. I even love just flipping through magazines and vegging out for a while. But I'm also one of those people who loves to work, so I'll sing, dance, work on my next performance, or write whomever it may be about a new idea.
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The real acid test of courage is to be just your honest self when everybody is trying to be like somebody else
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As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.
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I've been not only articulating the dissatisfaction with Albany, I've been acting on it. I've been very aggressive in bringing public integrity cases and public corruption cases and bringing cases against sitting legislators
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So long as you believe in some truth you do not believe in yourself. You are a servant. A man of faith.
