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 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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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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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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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 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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Liberty had many friends in the eighteenth century.
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To deny the predictive validity of race at this level is nonscientific and unrealistic.
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Everything is worth precisely as much as a belch, the difference being that a belch is more satisfying.
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When you constantly revisit things, it's hard to know if you're freezing in time or if you're a brilliant adult who's working through it. I think about that in therapy, talking about the same things over and over again.
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People can't really place me. They're not really sure who I am.
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I think every guy and girl would love to get to play Superman at some point in their life.
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I just think people have a lot of fiction. But, you know, I mean, the real story of Facebook is just that we've worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded.
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As people buy less and less records, it's become more and more important for me to spend more and more on them - to lavish that much more attention on them. The Bad Seeds were always quite protective and old school, but Grinderman has opened us up to do anything and be shameless. We're not so precious about it.
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Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.
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I'd always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film.
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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.
