Anthony McCarten Quotes
It turns out we are all quite easily swayed if someone knows what they are doing - which is a great thing and a dangerous thing.
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It is so hard to make important decisions that we have a great urge to reduce them to rules.
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I have a great sensitivity to kids. I have a great sensitivity to the people that fall between the cracks.
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One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
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I think all religions can agree on certain definitions of God and concepts of God, like God being the god of love, the great 'I am' energy.
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Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.
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Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partners to do the laundry and the washing up.
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I bought the rights to this book, 'The Ploughmen,' by a Montana writer named Kim Zupan, and I've written the screenplay, and I really feel pretty strong about it. It's really hauntingly beautiful. It's got some suspense and great drama, but it's a real character thing.
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Surprisingly, I am great at kiteboarding, but I'm not great at surfing.
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It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
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I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it's absolutely true.
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Nothing can stop a great song, so just keep songwriting.
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Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.
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I don't think we're living in great times for movies, to tell you the truth.
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I really enjoyed working with New Zealanders as crew members, as teammates. They're great, and it's a beautiful country. It's one of the most beautiful places I've ever been, and I've traveled quite a bit.
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I think Joe Jackson is a great American figure. In my opinion, he became a scapegoat.
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When the 'godfather of punk' thing started floatin' around, it was, I was really, really embarrassed. I thought I should have a great, big rig and a cape and everything, and it was very embarrassing. And then after a while, you learn that if people call you anything, this is a great gift.
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I know I'm not Freddie Mercury or Ann Wilson, and that's okay. You don't have to be a great singer to sing rock and roll. That's not what it's about.
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My mother had a great voice. Not like mine, not like my sister's, not like my son's - a high soprano voice, but like a bird. I mean, really beautiful.
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There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.
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It's a great day for Indiana. The hard work at all levels of federal, state and local government has paid off.
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When we don't allow ourselves to hope, we don't allow ourselves to have purpose. Without purpose, without meaning, life is dark. We've no light within, and we're just living to die.
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My passion for gardening may strike some as selfish, or merely an act of resignation in the face of overwhelming problems that beset the world. It is neither. I have found that each garden is just what Voltaire proposed in Candide: a microcosm of a just and beautiful society.
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I heckled somebody at the U.S. Open once. And you know, tennis, it's not a good place for that.
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It turns out we are all quite easily swayed if someone knows what they are doing - which is a great thing and a dangerous thing.
