Bill McLaren Quotes
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, 'That's just that ole blues singer.'
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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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When I feel like my body is exhausted, I focus on making my fifth Olympic team so I can push through it.
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Though men may be deep, mentally they are slow.
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It may be that the books that were best liked in your lifetime are not the ones that are best liked 100 years later.
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Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.
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Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.
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The one sound I think of when I think about dreaming is the harp glissando, which is this really atmospheric run up and down the scale that's really dreamy.
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The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.
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But there is much to be said for giving up ... grand ambitions and living the most ordinary life imaginable.
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Co-opted convictions will always betray you.
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Reality in strong doses frightens.
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Sometimes in the studio movies I've been working in, you'll put a joke in a movie because the crowd loves it - not because I love it.
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A sociopath doesn't warm up their environment, doesn't make it cozy. They don't have to; when they're not performing, when they're not manipulating, when they're all alone, there's nothing.
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I could never ever say enough about Matt Amato. He has an indescribable presence; this warm, loving, serene calm with intense interest and excitement bubbling beneath his exterior.
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Kurt and I weren't the closest of friends, but I knew him well enough to be devastated by his death. For such a quiet person, he was so excited about having a child.
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Erwin estimated that the tropics were home to as many as thirty million species of arthropods.
