Colum McCann Quotes
He wondered if that was what the moment of death was about, the noise of the world and then ease away from it.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.
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If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.
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I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
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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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I had no work after 'Gangster' for two years, and my sister Rangoli met with an accident that destroyed her looks. My struggle with my parents combined with the industry not accepting me made me feel alienated.
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After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films.
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I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.
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There's no way I'm going to stand up for bad ingredients. We love seasonal ingredients. It's a false dichotomy to say that modern cooking is at odds with that, but some people want to have a great ingredient and no technique.
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Perhaps one of the most difficult things for us to do is to choose a notable and joyous dress for men. There would be more joy in life if we were to accustom ourselves to use all the beautiful colours we can in fashioning our own clothes.
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I don't think Steve Jobs had much desire to share his fortune.
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To two men living the same number of years, the world always provides the same sum of experiences. It is up to us to be conscious of them.
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That's what you do with the worst day ever: you flip it on its back.
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I wanted to do a show about a family that is absolutely black. Because as Du Bois has shown, we do have to live a double consciousness every day in the world. We have to walk our path and walk the mainstream path, and there's never really been a show that's talked about what that's like.
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Death offers mankind a full view of truth.
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He wondered if that was what the moment of death was about, the noise of the world and then ease away from it.
