Colum McCann Quotes
People are good or half good or a quarter good, and it changes all the time - but even on the best day nobody's perfect.
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For most people, it is enough for the world to know that they aspire. The world does not ask what their aspirations are, trusting that those aspirations are for the best and greatest things. But with regard to the Negroes in America, there is a feeling that their aspirations in some way are not consistent with the great ideals.
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I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.
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I've never seen anyone handling pans in the streets of New York, and if I did I doubt I'd give them money, unless I needed a pan. I do give money to homeless people, whether they ask or no.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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I'm sorry; I ruin people's interviews because I just talk about rubbish.
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I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into real, deep trouble. But it wore me down. By the time I was 18, I was done. I didn't want to live the life any more. I needed to develop past the point that busking takes you to.
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I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.
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As a GM Goodwrench Service Plus dealer, I understand how good service makes a difference to our customers.
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I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.
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I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation.
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When you tell people you are a model, they have a very narrow view of who you are, and it's good to be able to say that it's not all that I am.
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Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal.
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People only look at you and say, 'You are black and you are from the banlieue,' and all the doors are closed. I had the desire to be something else. If I see a door that is a little open, I will find a way to get through.
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A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more than itself. It's sort of like a prism, which you can see from each facet a single totality.
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Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.
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When I finally put my guitar in the case the last time, I want to be remembered just as a singer, not as a country singer or pops singer - just a singer.
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Most people think I'm immodest.
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People see me because I'm winning my fights. That's how I want people seeing me.
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Sometimes I ask myself if writing novels is even respectable.
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Give me strength, not to be better than my enemies, but to defeat my greatest enemy, the doubts within myself. Give me strength for a straight back and clear eyes, so when life fades, as the setting sun, my spirit may come to you without shame.
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A man is first reverent about himself, and self-respect is the first stage in reverence for all things.
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Democracy is but an experiment in the long history of the world.
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My lab is like a fantasy world - it is more like a 'James Bond' movie!
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People are good or half good or a quarter good, and it changes all the time - but even on the best day nobody's perfect.
