Cormac McCarthy Quotes
You think people was meaner then than they are now? the deputy said. The old man was looking out at the flooded town. No, he said, I don't. I think people are the same from the day God first made one. (p.158)
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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I had been playing really interesting roles before I got great roles. Little ones - 'The Crying Game' I loved working on, and then 'Bird,' 'Ghost Dog,' so many films.
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How lucky are we to have Naomi Watts and Sean Penn playing us? We've seen the final cut now a couple times, and the scenes with the marriage fraying at the edges are still very difficult to watch. However, our hope was that no matter your political persuasion, you're taken with the idea that it's important to hold power in check.
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Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
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Music was your real passion, this thing you held dear even above family. It was this relationship that never betrayed you. Once it became your job - this thing that was highly visible, this thing that became about commerce - that's when you were holding onto music like it was a palm tree in a hurricane.
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I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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What is wrong with George Bush? What is his problem?
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
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I'm totally fine with people criticizing me in shows... people like this show, or don't; you're entitled to your opinion. But when people are criticizing you as a person, I have to say it's a little bit different.
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I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.
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Peyton Royce and Billie Kay are two phenomenal workers; I would love to see them up here on Smackdown. They're great girls with great talent. A bit of momentum, and we're going to see amazing things from them.
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I happen to be the kind of reader who, if I like something, I don't want it to end.
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I'd say Juventus has a story as legendary as the Yankees.
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I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.
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If one asks for success and prepares for failure, one will get the situation one has prepared for.
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If your mind is still, you're the happiest.
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Surfing is not my strong point. And... I don't really have a tan. I go to the tanning place, the one that sprays you with color.
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Experience shows that what happens is always the thing against which one has not made provision in advance.
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Women are more sensitive, more practical, more intelligent, more balanced, better able to deal with people, better cooks, better parents, better carers, better leaders, and so on and so forth.
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You think people was meaner then than they are now? the deputy said. The old man was looking out at the flooded town. No, he said, I don't. I think people are the same from the day God first made one. (p.158)
