Cormac McCarthy Quotes
All progressions from a higher to a lower order are marked by ruins and mystery and a residue of nameless rage.
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The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
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Racism still exists in the sport of boxing.
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What is really important for a woman, you know, even more than being beautiful or intelligent, is to be entertaining.
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There's not a day that I don't work on vocals, have vocal coaches, go to acting classes, read books.
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I think video games are a great kind of entertainment. They have replaced a lot of games people normally play with their friends and neighbours, like Monopoly.
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When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were crying. There was a gentleman who was writing in his journal and crying. Seeing that isn't easy.
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If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.
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I am my biggest critic. Even in films where people said they liked me, I have disliked myself.
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I couldn't possibly lead the kind of life I lead, and keep the schedule that I do, having radiation or chemotherapy.
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Early education is the type of issue politicians nod their heads at, and then when it comes time to make a tough decision, a financial trade-off, inevitably it's about the first item tossed from the table.
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I love hecklers. They remind you that you are a comedian.
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I so admire the discipline, the work ethic, and the sacrifices fighters make to master all aspects of mixed martial arts.
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It’s a pleasure that you don’t outgrow the anthology.
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As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the one thing left to us in a bad time.
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It is my request to you, tit for tat is not a solution. Ver ver thi shamtu nathi. Hatred is never won over by hatred.
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He who gives himself entirely to his fellow-men appears to them useless and selfish; but he who gives himself partially to them is pronounced a benefactor and philanthropist.
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Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.
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We didn't start this war - the right wing did. We're tired of seeing good-paying jobs shipped overseas. This fight is about the economy, it's about jobs and it's about rebuilding America.
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[On journalists:] They are as disruptive a menace to the public body: as grating turds in the intestines are to the private body.
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We may differ widely in environments, education, learning, knowledge, or lack of it, and in our personalities, our likes and dislikes. But if we set ourselves the task, we'll find a meeting place somehow and somewhere.
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Consider this: all the ants on the planet, taken together, have a biomass greater than that of humans. Ants have been incredibly industrious for millions of years. Yet their productiveness nourishes plants, animals, and soil. Human industry has been in full swing for little over a century, yet it has brought about a decline in almost every ecosystem on the planet. Nature doesn't have a design problem. People do.
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It was clear that in a past life the detective had been a phone booth beside an empty highway.
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All progressions from a higher to a lower order are marked by ruins and mystery and a residue of nameless rage.
