Cyril Cusack Quotes
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Life is made up of marble and mud.
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Perhaps things are not things but words: metaphors, words for other things.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror.
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You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.
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Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there.
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We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.
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I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.
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As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.
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It will be a difficult couple of days. It's difficult now and it will be difficult tomorrow.
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On a ship, everything is enclosed: the people are right on top of each other and can't get up and walk away.
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
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Unfortunately, music devolved instead of evolved. The music business got into the hands of lawyers and accountants rather than the entrepreneurial creative people, and that's when the beginning of the end started. It's all based on money instead of art and creativity.
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What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second.
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I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail - I shall succeed.
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Losing is no fun no matter who you lose to.
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Nowadays in pop, there's not a lot of men that are singing big and loud and high - it's not as common as it once was.
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It is a mistake to let aesthetics drive your rational decision making.
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When young writers approach me for advice, I remind them, as gently as I can, that they are on their own, with no help available anywhere.
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In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.
