Cormac McCarthy Quotes
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale.
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Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life.
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We've all got hurdles we have to overcome, and mine are not necessarily any bigger than anyone else's.
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I love guys like Charlie Parker.
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Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country.
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I'm still awaiting the idea of drawing comics for a living being a reality. I feel like I've been dodging work for 20 years, and at some point, I'll have to get a real job.
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Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
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I'm the one in the band that said I'm not going on tour unless we do a record.
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I was always into fashion because my mom has always been interested in fashion. She majored in fashion merchandising in college, and it's always been something we have in common.
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I can't imagine a successful comedy movie without a successful comedy performance at the heart of it.
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I always thought the desert was the antithesis of peace - something that attacks you. So you don't go to the desert for peace.
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If a State has reliable scientific information that demonstrates that a warning is needed for a particular food, then in the interest of public health, it should share that information with the FDA and petition for a new national standard.
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When I walk outside, people have something to say about it.
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It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically different circumstances is only the form in which these laws expose themselves.
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I started buying vinyl records when I got into punk music because, in the punk scene in New Jersey, vinyl was more like a necessity than a luxury.
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I'm naturally a nice person. I'm not trying to have any problems with people. I'm done with the drama and trouble. I want a stress-free life.
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I grew up in Chicago, IL. I've got three siblings.
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The idea of God implies the abdication of human reason and justice; it is the most decisive negation of human liberty and necessarily ends in the enslavement of mankind both in theory and practice.
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Life is yours, do not let life's problems have other influences on what you believe. See for yourself.
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Beirut is where I was born and raised.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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The moral issues with which Marcus struggles would be, as he points out, unchanged whether the universe were mechanical and devoid of meaning or value or ruled by deity or Providence; whether the will were in fact free or determined; whether there were or were not a future life, or any even fugitive rewards and punishments at all.
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How to prevail over that which you refuse to acknowledge the existence of.
