Darren McCarty Quotes
It's disappointing being a Canadian and having friends on that team but that's the way it goes. It's the Olympics. It's disappointing for every Canadian but over the years you've seen the parity with all the teams because it's the best players in the world.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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I know about lots of things that have nothing to do with being Asian, that you would never guess from looking at me. I know all about musical theater. I could go on 'Jeopardy!' and knock off the whole Broadway show tunes category. Also the whole Bible stories category.
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We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.
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And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.
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Sleep is the best meditation.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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I connect with people on a daily basis.
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When Christ died, He died for you individually just as much as if you'd been the only man in the world.
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I love Madrid.
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The process of writing a book is so removed in my mind from the process of publishing it that I often forget for great stretches that I eventually hope to do the latter.
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Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
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There's an explosion of Indian fiction of all kinds, from military thrillers to chicklit. I think that's exciting.
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We're always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it's a little raw and nervy.
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Drilling is risky because finding oil is only half the job. The real challenge is finding the money to pump the oil.
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The future of any corporation is as good as the value system of the leaders and followers in the organization.
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I think if you're against cruelty and you look at what happens to animals in slaughterhouses and on factory farms, you have to be completely against eating meat.
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I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
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Whether you like it or not, you're a national figure after five games at Notre Dame.
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Women in Somalia face almost unimaginable oppression.
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I love the idea of thinking of cinema as not that far from music. A lot of my favourite movie makers, the way they move their cameras or the way they cut just feel very musical - even if the movies have no music in them at all.
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I'm a very ambitious person. I've been like this from a very young age. As early as 12 years old, I used to have panic attacks because I needed to know my life plan.
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How much of a book review is about the reviewer? Sometimes it's mostly about the reviewer!
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I never know what I'm going to write next, and when I think I do I usually turn out to be mistaken.
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It's disappointing being a Canadian and having friends on that team but that's the way it goes. It's the Olympics. It's disappointing for every Canadian but over the years you've seen the parity with all the teams because it's the best players in the world.
