Cormac McCarthy Quotes
The old man … said … the notion that men can be understood was probably an illusion.
Quotes to Explore
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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
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I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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I would be very happy doing movies. I love to work and I think I'm a little different.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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I love Massachusetts for a number of reasons. I once loved a magical girl who lived in a magnificently converted barn, a half-hour or so from Boston. I love your winters. I love the snow.
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My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed.
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The best situation is being a single parent. The best part about is that you get time off, too, because the kids are with their mom, so it's the best of both worlds. There's a lot to be said for it.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of.
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And when you look at the Turtle's movie there is something there, definitely something there.
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Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going forward.
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I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.
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No doubt, man will continue to weigh and to measure, watch himself grow, and his Universe around him and with him, according to the ever growing powers of his tools.
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If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?
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It's the thing I struggle with every day: the mental diligence and stamina needed to sit in front of the computer, open the file, start writing and to keep doing so, word after word, until I've created the next story. A combination of learning disability and chronic health issues make that the hardest thing for me.
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I dreamed night after night that everyone in the world was dead excepting myself, and that upon me rested the responsibility of making a wagon wheel.
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Does a man speak foolishly?--suffer him gladly, for you are wise. Does he speak erroneously?--stop such a man's mouth with sound words that cannot be gainsaid. Does he speak truly?--rejoice in the truth.
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The old man … said … the notion that men can be understood was probably an illusion.
