Cormac McCarthy Quotes
There aint but one truth, said John Grady. The truth is what happened. It aint what come out of somebody's mouth.
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Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.
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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
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You have to make the mistakes and have those failures in order to learn from them and grow and improve... But for me, the best way to combat any of that beating yourself up or overanalysing, the most important part is always to be prepared to the best of your ability.
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I believe in the free enterprise system.
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Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
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Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God?
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Attack politics costs us dearly in terms of insight into the candidates. In a presidential campaign, the focus is so tight that the politicians are afraid to say anything that hasn't been scripted.
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A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more.
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You just try to absorb as much as you can from someone who has won as many races and championships as he has. Career wise, he's been the greatest thing that's happened to me.
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Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your livelihood and it's not compromised. It's blunt. It's raw, straight off the street - from the beat to the voice to the words.
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Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives.
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When people unfortunately use religion to facilitate their envy, arrogance and hate, communalism surfaces.
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I have lots of memories of my father. He was an incredible father. We all loved him to death.
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Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
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It's hard to accept the truth, especially about yourself.
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To finally be able to actually play the piano with vocalists and actually do, like, a proper concert - that feels really good.
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I believe ghost story writing is a dying art.
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There aint but one truth, said John Grady. The truth is what happened. It aint what come out of somebody's mouth.
