Kevin McHale Quotes
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The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.
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The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.
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I'm competing with myself first, as my aim is to improve my performance in every film.
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Writing is, by its nature, interior work. So being forced to be around people is a great gift for a novelist. You get to be reminded, daily, of how people think, how they speak, how they live; the things they worry about, the things they hope for, the things they fear.
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There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
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I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
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You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about.
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The highlight of my career? The Olympics, of course.
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My parents were very volatile but very loving. My father would get jealous if my mother looked at somebody. I used to be insanely jealous. It comes out of insecurity. It can come and go, but you get to the point in life where you don't have this raging jealousy and protectiveness about your world.
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Personal style is not something that is just in the air. It is something you have and that you apply to yourself.
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I'm just trying to tell a nice story. Whether you're a writer or a producer, all you want to do is tell a good yarn.
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I'm determined not to lose my name. It's who I am. It has neither aided my progress nor hampered it. It's just who I am.
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Country was about character. Country's changed because of monsters like Clear Channel who bought up all the stations and sliced them up into formats. Our demographic is now the soccer mom.
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If the man who turnips cries,Cry not when his father dies,'Tis a proof that he had ratherHave a turnip than his father.
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He had never acted in his life, and couldn't play the pin in Pinafore.
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All the power's in the hands of people rich enough to buy it.
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If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him Joseph Smith; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him.
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The magic doesn't come from within the director's mind, it comes from within the hearts of the actors.
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Faith in technocrats over politicians is not a trend from which Britain is exempt.
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The existence of the Taliban, in my view, is a tragedy for Afghanistan. We as Americans need to understand our role in helping bring that tragedy about. So I think it's important to look at the stories about why these people are fighting.
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Do not discuss God and his reason, does not discuss the motherland and the nation.
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I would love to do more television.
