Brian McGinn Quotes
The way we as a world consume stories - and sometimes people - is a phenomenon that we're seeing much more of now.
Quotes to Explore
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
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Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the human voices. But mostly, go for the glorious music. The arts are crucial to the life of every community.
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I like my house to be unique to me. Sure, I've bought plenty of things out of a catalog, but the way I put them together in my home is special. You might have bought your sofa at a major home decorating store, but the rug you found at the flea market is so unique, it takes your room from 'carbon copy' to 'simply yours' in no time.
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I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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You can keep going on and on about the interactions of people, which makes it a great drama and great event, and you'll always hold that special, but if you're looking at a baseball moment, the feeling you get when you win the World Series by far exceeds anything else in the game that you're able to do.
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I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.
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The Spirit of the Holy Ghost is the teacher in the temple. He teaches principles of eternal significance. It is during these instructions that we see the relationship between the earthly and the eternal. We must remember that the Spirit teaches only those who are teachable.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants.
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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I think the only safe medium are books, because people like to hold books in their hand.
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I'm fighting hard; I'm training hard. I'm still walking over people and stepping over people to get where I'm going, and I would really like to give back, especially to my mom, who was there for me when I was a kid.
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I feel I should be trying to complete my life, whatever 'completing a life' means.
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Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.
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If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.
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In public, when my kids have not been behaving great - because that's life, my kids are not perfect, okay - I've noticed other people watching me. And I felt judged, because I'm obviously in the public eye. So that's been hard.
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My parents were brought up in families which believed theatre people weren't to be trusted. But they were nice people.
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I get to go back and ride my horses with all the people that I grew up with because that's really fun for me.
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The way we as a world consume stories - and sometimes people - is a phenomenon that we're seeing much more of now.
