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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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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The golf facet of my life doesn't go with the rest of my life, which is a rough-and-tumble life. I work in real estate development, which is the toughest business, and I do it in the toughest city. I deal with ruthless people.
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The army will hear nothing of politics from me and in return I expect to hear nothing of politics from the army.
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It was a hole in one contest and I had a three.
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Dumb luck brought on the move from business to acting. I had moved to New York when I was 23, in the year 2000. On a lark, I went to audition for a soap opera. I thought, 'Hey, this will be a really fun story to tell my grandkids one day, that I auditioned for a soap!'
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Animals arrived, liked the look of the place, took up their quarters, settled down, spread, and flourished. They didn't bother themselves about the past - they never do; they're too busy.
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I started DJing, breakdancing and MCing in the '70s and I got my record deal in 1979 with 'Christmas Rap.'
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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.
