Allan McNish Quotes
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The world is too violent right now.
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It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.
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Working with special needs children is hard.
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I should say many things. Mexico has been one of the losers of the 20th century. We tried many different alternatives to development and unfortunately we have 40 percent of the population poor; we have a per capita income that is extremely low.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.
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I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.
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I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis.
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You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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I'm not into pancake things. I'm into eggs. Lots of eggs.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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I find celebrity really scary.
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It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
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Gran Metalik was a student in CMLL when I was there as a teenager, and I was in main events and big time matches, so I used to see him in the gym all the time.
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Never put a sock in a toaster.
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I think I felt at some point that I couldn't understand poetry or that it was beyond me or it didn't speak to my experience. I think that was because I hadn't yet found the right poems to invite me in.
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I want to work with intelligent people and look for scripts that I think are intelligent and surprising.
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If you're an artist, you have to use everything to your advantage, even the pain.
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Everyone in the top of their fields is pouring everything they have into this, which is why it was such a massive undertaking and why filming was extended. It's not because things are going badly. It's because they're so massive and it's so complicated and we want to get it right. We're not just phoning it in. We're taking our time with it because it's really important.
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By what aberration has suicide, the only truly normal action, become the attribute of the flawed?
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Every music journalist I've ever met has been stunningly beautiful.
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I have been listening to sport and watching sport on the BBC since I was a tiny boy.
