Cormac McCarthy Quotes
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Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
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There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.
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Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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The musket could not be aimed except in a general direction; a bow in the hands of a skilled archer could regularly hit and kill an enemy completely beyond musket range.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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The privileged classes today are bothered about petrol and diesel prices while the poor can't afford two meals a day. I am a very small person, but I want us to think beyond personal and regional interests.
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Everyone asks me if I'm the princess or if my brothers beat me up. The younger ones I can deck pretty easily. With the older ones, it's harder.
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I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
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I know that there are many things I could do, but I'm not interested. It's more important to be loving and to have a lively mind.
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We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
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I think that the future of currency is digital, and Bitcoin has a good shot at being the currency of the future.
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I've always wanted to do a lot of things.
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I'm a benefit to the city. I'm not a detriment.
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Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You're looking at double work.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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The unforgivable political sin is vanity; the killer diet is sour grapes.
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country.
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I feel challenged every day, when I come to work. I feel like I have to step up my game, and that's a great thing.
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Master storytellers like Jeffrey Archer and Arthur Hailey use simple language. But they manage to grab the attention of the readers right from page one. I'll consider myself a good storyteller the day people believe it's OK to be late for work or postpone deadlines just to finish reading my book.
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For the Earth is a globe in a void the truth there's no up nor down to it.
