Cormac McCarthy Quotes
What man would not be a dancer if he could, said the judge. It’s a great thing, the dance.
Quotes to Explore
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I want to coach high school football, and that's always what I've wanted to do.
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When attempting to make a plea for more peace in the world at a rock concert, we are reflecting the feelings of all those we have come in contact with so we may all have a better understanding of each other.
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Health food makes me sick.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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Living in Malibu is like being in a bubble, so discovering others that are so different from me has been incredibly gratifying.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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I try to stay consciously away from the roles of the girl who throws herself at the leading man, because I've done it a lot and I want to move on. I ticked that box.
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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You just have to take these opportunities when they come along. They're not that frequent; you'll get a really good script, oh, maybe once a year if you're lucky.
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History is rich with adventurous men, long on charisma, with a highly developed instinct for their own interests, who have pursued personal power - bypassing parliaments and constitutions, distributing favours to their minions, and conflating their own desires with the interests of the community.
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A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
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It's really crazy to be 36 years old and to have been doing something for 25 years.
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Being yourself is what will make you survive through anything. If you make music to please someone, it's the first step in the wrong direction. Always do what you believe in, no matter what people say. Only way to go!
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Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.
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My mother is going to get earrings of my head. Some will be dipped in silver, some will be dipped in gold, and I will hand them out to everyone I know.
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Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures.
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Conflict is the pursuit of truth.
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Quarterback is not a position that you come in having not played it your whole life.
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The present level of armaments could be taken as the starting point. It could be stipulated in an international treaty that these armaments should be simultaneously and uniformly reduced by a certain proportion in all countries.
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He who reflects on another man's want of breeding, shows he wants it as much himself.
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If the part isn't always there on the page, I've had good relationships with writers where there's an openness to bring more to the role.
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Think about all the great leaders. Think about Obama. Think about Clinton. Think about Nelson Mandela. Think about all the people that we know who are very successful in business, in politics and religion. What are they? They tell purposeful stories. They move people to action by aiming at the heart.
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What man would not be a dancer if he could, said the judge. It’s a great thing, the dance.
