Gary McCord Quotes
In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there.
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Films are meant solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and inferences to be drawn. Has anyone become dutiful and law abiding after seeing a film that espouses these very virtues? Films can do no more than influence fashion, decor, and hairstyle trends.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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Once you are a model, you do have to fly a million red-eye flights, and you do have to entertain a different client every single day.
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It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?
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On the other hand, all kinds of adventurous schemes to add security checkpoints to subway and bus systems have been circulating since the London attacks. This is nonsense. No one can guaranty 100 percent security.
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To this day, I've never figured out a single locked-room mystery.
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I accidentally entered a youth pageant when I was 14. That's like a beauty pageant, but without the beauty. It was terrible.
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For every three scripts that you get through, one will be made, and that doesn't even necessarily mean that they're going to cast you in it.
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My character in 'True Grit' would set these goals for herself that seemed near impossible, but to her they were possible. She was never going to believe anything else other than that.
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There is more to life than show business.
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It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you've been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.
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I'm very happy with what I've accomplished, but we're going for more.
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If we want people to vote, we need to make it a larger part of their self-image.
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The main reason I backed DeepMind was strategic: I see my role as bridging the AI research and AI safety communities.
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I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.
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I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.
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Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
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I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.
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I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.
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Anyone can change the world however they want for the better!
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It's all about exploring the more unpredictable aspects in the character, not just fighting people.
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I usually decide if I'm going to do a movie based on if I like the script or not. I thought 'Pulling Strings' had every single element that a classic romantic comedy needs to be a success. It's very well written. The cast was amazing. It was a decision I made based on the power of the script.
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In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there.
