Patrick McGoohan Quotes
It was a place that is trying to destroy the individual by every means possible; trying to break his spirit, so that he accepts that he is No. 6 and will live there happily as No. 6 for ever after. And this is the one rebel that they can't break.
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
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Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day.
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I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
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Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.
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I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.
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I couldn't follow nobody's rules.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our planet, our security, our sense of equanimity and our very souls demand something better, something different.
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We wanted to describe society from our Left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies. We realised that people read crime and through the stories we could show the reader that under the official image of welfare-state Sweden there was another layer of poverty, criminality and brutality.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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I really think more fledgling novelists - and many current and even established novelists - should get out into the real world and cover local politics, sports, culture, and crime and write it up on deadline.
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But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.
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I totally go against the theory that you got to win to be successful. It's how you handle your situation.
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I want to help people to get to know my story and really tell them in detail what I've been through.
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I have had periods when I've overused a word, 'candent' being one example, but I'm trying not to do that any more.
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I just sort of try to be a good person; try to write music that lifts people and makes me feel good to sing.
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It was a place that is trying to destroy the individual by every means possible; trying to break his spirit, so that he accepts that he is No. 6 and will live there happily as No. 6 for ever after. And this is the one rebel that they can't break.
