Kevin McCarthy Quotes
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating.
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You try to pull away the experiences until you get to the core of humanity, and you find that light that exists in everybody. It's that light that I'm searching for in all of my work - is that connective thing, that ether that enters all of us - you know what I mean? That's a part of God.
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I actually opened for Chris Rock at the Funny Bone one time.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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I do realize that God has given me so many blessings in my life. I mean, not only with football, but with the family that He's blessed me with and the opportunity He's given me to grow up in a home that embraces God.
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It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
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I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
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I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.
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Belief is thought at rest.
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I don't worry about chemicals. There are enough chemicals entering my body through all the fizzy drinks I consume to worry if my lip balm is 100 per cent organic.
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Definitely they write themselves. It's an amazing experience. It's like the characters have come alive and are sitting on my shoulder talking to me, telling me their tales.
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The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own.
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Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
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The Royal Society view is completely apolitical: it will judge anything based on the evidence. One of the big strengths of the Society is that is it widely perceived as impartial and above the fray. We'd like to make sure it stays that way.
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Listen, I'm a sweet guy. I'm just intense at work. I have nothing but the end result in mind. My entire career has been like that.
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Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.
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I've got a great team around me with my family, manager and label, and we've all worked hard together to make things happen.
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I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?
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I believe the Constitution matters: that it's not just a few pieces of paper.
