Cormac McCarthy Quotes
Our waking life's desire to shape the world to our convenience invites all manner of paradox and difficulty.
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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Even if you didn't lose your job, if you're one of the two-thirds of Ontarians who don't have a pension, you lost savings. Even if you've earned most of that back now, you are a changed person. You are less secure, less confident. And I understand that.
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My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! - There 's a state for your old Lover to be in! - No more tender whisperings! Imagine sweet confessions to be made through an ear trumpet!
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.
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If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.
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I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
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The amygdala plays a crucial role in processing fear, and minus her two amygdalae, S.M. became unflappable. Studies of her are actually a hoot to read, since they basically consist of scientists concocting ever-more-elaborate ways of trying to scare her.
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Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could.
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The commencement of coal mining at Parsa Kente is a milestone event in coal mining sector.
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When you want a break from dogs, and you take them to the kennel to the stars, no one thinks you're a bad pet owner. But when you have kids, you can't drop them off for three weeks without someone calling Child Protective Services!
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I'm not big on Champagne, but I'd take along a bottle of Cristal to pop for when the boat comes to the rescue.
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I know that I'm a natural attacking player. I love to attack. I love to play freely; I love to combine and play through balls. That's the nature of my game.
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Human rights will be a powerful force for the transformation of reality when they are not simply understood as externally defined norms of behavior but are lived as the spontaneous manifestation of internalized values.
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We're told that men are strong & brave, but I think women know how to endure, accept defeat & bear physical & mental agony much better than men.
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I'm used to having a lot of criticism. It's normal. It's normal when you come from South America, when you have a country pushing very hard in your back.
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The big problems are where people don't realise they have one in the first place.
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Our waking life's desire to shape the world to our convenience invites all manner of paradox and difficulty.
