Jack McDevitt Quotes
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Don't send funny greeting cards on birthdays or at Christmas. Save them for funerals, when their cheery effect is needed.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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I'm never doing anything by rote. I'm only on thin ice, and I think that that's a good place to be. I feel like when you push yourself like that, the rewards can be pretty great.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
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You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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I'd been touring for so long, seven years. For a year and a half I'd just been curious about what it was like not to tour. It's like if you were to lift a 100-pound barbell with your right arm for seven years, eventually you'd get really curious about what your left arm was capable of.
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I don't really yell at people.
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I began to study martial arts because it was a great form of exercise, and I knew it would help my acting career. Martial arts reminded me of dancing. It has helped me learn fight sequences quicker.
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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance.
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I don't even like to talk Lions too much just because the way our relationship ended.
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When you're a 'product' for a lot of people, they're only really after one thing, and so it's hard to completely let down your guard.
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My favourite thing is to be somebody else, no longer be me.
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If I couldn't read, I couldn't live.
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Faith really should be a bridge, not a wall. Because at the end of the day, we should be focusing on what you believe, not what your religion is.
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I grew up with a mother who, every time she saw something, would say, I'm going to look that up. And I've become that person - I've become the reference-book person.
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Prudence, and experience, suggested she expect the worst.
