Cormac McCarthy Quotes
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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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My denial and irresponsible attitude about asthma put me at great risk and caused me so much needless suffering. My hope is that the kids I talk to learn to open up about their asthma, become educated about their condition, and seek help.
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By going solo I could lose a fortune but money is not important.
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Every politician deep inside is authoritarian. If the person doesn't have ambition, that's not a politician. Society needs to put every ambitious, every effective politician into such a position that it helps - that this person helps improve society. That's why I'm always talking about need to change the system rather than should we go with Navalny or Gudkov or Yavlinsky or Khodorkovsky. We all have our ambitions. We're all ambitious people.
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I don't miss going to airports and hanging out in hotel rooms.
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I probably became an actor because of my vivid imagination, and doing voice-over really sort of takes me back to that.
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We can't value only what is easy to measure; measurable outcomes may be the least important results of learning.
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How to prevail over that which you refuse to acknowledge the existence of.
