Cormac McCarthy Quotes
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place.
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My father felt that his world of ideas was too liberal for traditional rabbinical teachings, and he looked for a chance to find a way in life.
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There are regulators at the SEC and elsewhere who are really excited about the potential of the blockchain. They understand you can build a robust financial system - it would solve all your black swan problems. All kinds of mischief and games that are played in the current system become impossible in this system.
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I studied in a medical college and qualified myself as a medical graduate.
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Everyone knows that there are more people watching any given show than is being registered by the Nielsen system.
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Fame is a distraction sometimes. You know, it's a distraction if you let it. So it's very important to stay focused, stay very connected to your roots.
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I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal.
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I didn't get anything published until I was thirty-three, and yet I'd written five novels and six or seven plays. The plays, I should point out, were dreadful.
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Stories come from other shows at other studios where only 2,000 rounds were actually used and the money for the other 3,000 went right into the studio pockets. Corners were cut and that production suffered. Knock wood, that hasn't happened to us.
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In the field of biological weapons, there is almost no prospect of detecting a pathogen until it has been used in an attack.
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Business and politics have a wholesome and an unwholesome interface. You have to eliminate the unwholesome interface.
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It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your best acting.
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You don't need a uniform color: We used a mixture of brick red, browns and grays, and then threw in seashells, branches and various types of rock, so our walls ended up looking like cave paintings!
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I've said my piece. My time now is entirely focused on family.
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Afraid no, I wasn't afraid but it was an unusual thing, it was an unusual feeling. It was an unusual atmosphere for me having grown up in this country and, and, and never seeing anything like that.
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First of all, it was such an honor to be chosen. You had to be voted in by players and coaches that time. But having it in Hawai'i was a brilliant idea.
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Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.
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Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up because you will lose the ability to learn new things. Move forward with your life.
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'Coriolanus' deals with the birth of democracy. And that has been fascinating because I've been talking about politics so much because of 'Borgen.' It's a nice bridge.
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If you never concede a goal, you're going to win more games than you lose.
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Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.
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Word gets around when the circus comes to town, dont it?
