Allan McNish Quotes
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There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.
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People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.
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For as long as I could remember, the person in E23 pasted the same Halloween decoration, a witch with a giant wart on her crone's nose, but whenever kids rang, the tenant wouldn't answer. At first, kids figured they'd just missed the guy: bad timing. But it seemed impossible that all of us missed him every year.
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'I Will Follow' is a celebration of life. Sometimes when you lose something, you understand its value more than when you had it. The same is true for life.
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One of the things I took from my wartime experiences was that reality was a stage set... the comfortable day-to-day life, school, the home where one lives and all the rest of it... could be dismantled overnight.
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We see book-burning as a crime against humanity: it's intolerable because books represent a kind of freedom to us.
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I don't want my marriage or my guns registered in Washington. And if people have an opinion, it's a religious opinion that is heartly felt, obviously they should be allowed to practice that, and no government should interfere with them.
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Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance.
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Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.
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If you make a mistake, you should enjoy it.
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No doubt exists that all women are crazy; it's only a question of degree.
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The United States has done more for the war crimes tribunal than any other country in the world. We're turning over all the information we have, including intelligence information.
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I'm a home cook and love to read about food, but I'm not trained as a chef. I'm just really into cooking and passionate about it.
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Materiam superabat opus
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If you buy a DVD you have a copy. If you want a backup copy you buy another one.
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Strepsiades: But come, by the Earth, is not Zeus, the Olympian, a god? Socrates: What Zeus? Do not trifle. There is no Zeus. (tr. Hickie 1853, vol. 1, Perseus)
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Lies are as important as truth, for without lies, the truth is worthless.
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Who would have thought around 1900 that in fifty years time we would know so much more and understand so much less.
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I'm definitely looking forward to doing a film one day with more female actors.
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In Australian culture, people are just more laid back, people aren't as serious, they just take their time with things. It's just like, whatever, if I don't get it done I don't get it done.
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[On writing:] The most egotistic of occupations, and the most gratifying while it lasts.
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I'm lucky to have my dad in my life. He's very brilliant, I think he's really a smart man, and he's a kind guy.
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My motto is to do everything absolutely flat out and to the best of your ability.
