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.

  

  Ian Hacking
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• I have a great sensitivity to kids. I have a great sensitivity to the people that fall between the cracks.

  

  Carl Paladino
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  • Kids

• 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!

  

  Mac DeMarco
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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.

  

  Vera Farmiga
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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.

  

  Iman
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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.

  

  E. L. James
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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.

  

  Ed Harris
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• Surprisingly, I am great at kiteboarding, but I'm not great at surfing.

  

  Maika Monroe
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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.

  

  E. O. Wilson
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  • Believe

• I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it's absolutely true.

  

  Edmund Hillary
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• Nothing can stop a great song, so just keep songwriting.

  

  Manika
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• A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties.

  

  Harriet Martineau
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• Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
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• I don't think we're living in great times for movies, to tell you the truth.

  

  Gabriel Byrne
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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.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
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• I think Joe Jackson is a great American figure. In my opinion, he became a scapegoat.

  

  D. B. Sweeney
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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.

  

  Iggy Pop
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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.

  

  Taylor Hawkins Foo Fighters
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• We can co-create this change. Spreading the word, learning to treat others with love, acceptance and forgiveness, and bravely stepping up to do our part... it's all part of the great dance of life. You don't have to sit back and wait for it. The most powerful gateway to the universe you have is the present. All the work of so many lifetimes is ultimately completed in a single instant - and you can choose whenever that will be.

  

  David Wilcock
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• I was fascinated that everybody in the story thinks that they're in the right.

  

  Andrew McCarthy

• Only God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. The Church has always been changing.

  

  Gene Robinson
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• The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

  

  H. G. Wells
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• My family always comes first. My world revolves around my husband, Peter, our daughter, Victoria, and our son, William, but not necessarily in that order. Then, it's this fascinating world of publishing that devours most of my days and many nights.

  

  Dorothea Benton Frank
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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.

  

  Anthony McCarten
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