Jack McDevitt
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When I was teaching English and trying to get kids passionate about reading, the most effective weap... JACK MCDEVITT I've tried to quit writing several times, but I enjoy it too much. JACK MCDEVITT I was once invited to attend a private dinner for Senator John F. Kennedy. But it was a Saturday eve... JACK MCDEVITT One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy b... JACK MCDEVITT Science fiction writers missed the most salient feature of our modern era: the Internet. JACK MCDEVITT Thanks to the comic book publishers. Batman and Captain Marvel were responsible for my learning to r... JACK MCDEVITT Man has always seen himself the peak of creation. The part of the universe that thinks. The purpose ... JACK MCDEVITT Contemporaries only know the authority figures and the loudmouths. And the people born into power. B... JACK MCDEVITT We are urging people to exhaust every avenue before bringing their pets here. CHUCK MCDEVITT People have been great [about sending] supplies like towels, blankets and dog food. CHUCK MCDEVITT They were not being cleaned up after. Some were in crates, some were roaming through the houses. CHUCK MCDEVITT The vet bills could be huge. CHUCK MCDEVITT We made mental mistakes. We didn't pick up loose pucks and we left men uncovered. FRAN MCDEVITT I think we can look back and be proud. Our record does not show how hard we worked all season long. FRAN MCDEVITT They've been leaders this year. They've shouldered a lot of the burden this year. It will be hard to... FRAN MCDEVITT Tonight, our struggles on the power play were because we were gassed. Those kind of mental mistakes ... FRAN MCDEVITT We just didn't play well. It was obvious that we played a good team tonight and they did what they h... FRAN MCDEVITT We'd rather be aggressive than passive. But today we went too far with it. FRAN MCDEVITT We are really proud of the way our kids played. They battled back the whole game. FRAN MCDEVITT That really hurt us mentally. Giving up that short-handed goal kind of broke our concentration. FRAN MCDEVITT I have a really good gut feeling about this year. Not only with the professional shows, but with our... LISA MCDEVITT We have an exciting January coming up. It's going to be a good way to start the year. LISA MCDEVITT Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world... JACK HERER I hope people think of me as a bit older. I do have a beard. That makes me look very old. JACK WHITEHALL JACK NICHOLSON JACK REED JACK PALANCE Perfectionists are their own devils. JACK KIRBY JACK WELCH JACK CANFIELD JACK WELCH JACK KEROUAC JACK NICKLAUS It was only after the Grimms published two editions primarily for adults that they changed their att... JACK ZIPES Though the Grimms kept about 100 of the tales from the first edition, they changed them a good deal. JACK ZIPES In 1995, I founded a storytelling program for children called Neighborhood Bridges in collaboration ... JACK ZIPES I have a daughter, Hanna, and I never read fairy tales to her. But I did tell her bedtime tales and ... JACK ZIPES 'Once Upon a Time', 'Mirror Mirror' - those shows and films focus on women and their... JACK ZIPES Fairy tales are with us day in and day out, not just in commercials, but references in the theater, ... JACK ZIPES The Grimm collections were never intended for children. Not because kids were excluded, but because ... JACK ZIPES Almost every single commercial on television for shampoo, sports shoes, drinks, food, clothes, perfu... JACK ZIPES What the Greeks and Romans considered myths, we consider fairy tales. We can see how very clearly th... JACK ZIPES Until I was diagnosed with mouth cancer, I'd never heard of it. JACK WILD I guess I'll go to my grave as the Dodger, but at least I've made my mark on show-business h... JACK WILD I'm thought of as a celebrity. Everything I've ever done... has been for children. As long a... JACK WILD I look at what I've gone through in my career and I really shouldn't be talking to you now. ... JACK WILD I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Stree... JACK WILD It's very hard not to let fame affect you because you are continually being told how good you ar... JACK WILD There is no buzz like performing for a live audience. JACK WILD At an age when most youngsters are preparing for their GCSEs, I was suddenly a jet-setter, briefly t... JACK WILD My lifestyle had made me a walking time bomb. JACK WILD I know who Jack Whittaker is. And some days I don't like who I am. JACK WHITTAKER It doesn't bother me because I can tell everyone to kiss off. JACK WHITTAKER If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it. JACK WHITTAKER I'd do the same things, but I'd be a little more quiet. JACK WHITTAKER I won the lottery. I don't care what it costs. JACK WHITTAKER I'm simply a businessman who has seen his share of failures and successes. JACK WHITTAKER Part of doing stand-up is to get things off your chest. It's a bit like being in a psychiatrist&... JACK WHITEHALL I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing. JACK WHITEHALL Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're no... JACK WHITEHALL My dad doesn't hug me enough! JACK WHITEHALL I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I ... JACK WHITEHALL My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't suc... JACK WHITEHALL I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me. JACK WHITEHALL I've definitely become smuttier. When I first started out, I had these aspirations: 'I'm... JACK WHITEHALL I never know what defines you as being posh. I went to a posh school, definitely. JACK WHITEHALL There's a real sense of camaraderie with sitcoms. JACK WHITEHALL I eat healthily, as it keeps my energy up. JACK WHITEHALL Society is so divided in its perception of public school people. Most people who went to public scho... JACK WHITEHALL I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to ha... JACK WHITEHALL Live stand-up is my thing. I love being on stage and just messing around. JACK WHITEHALL When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck te... JACK WHITEHALL Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the sa... JACK WHITEHALL I acted at school but got very bad parts - things that they'd made up in Shakespeare plays like ... JACK WHITEHALL If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing. JACK WHITEHALL I wish I was a bit shorter, as I think shorter people have better walks. Freddie Fox, the actor, is ... JACK WHITEHALL I vote for whoever will annoy my dad. JACK WHITEHALL When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp. JACK WHITEHALL I'm not actually posh; I'm really rough and from the wrong side of the tracks. I grew up in ... JACK WHITEHALL I like to think I'm a bit smarter than I sometimes let on. JACK WHITEHALL I think people respect honesty rather than hiding it. JACK WHITEHALL If I'm in an uncomfortable situation, I think I can say something funny to defuse it. Sometimes ... 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JACK WAGNER Peter Wagner, my son, just won the Bel-Air Junior Club Championship. Parred the last three holes. On... JACK WAGNER I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in la... JACK WAGNER We all grew up, our grandmothers and mothers had about three channels to watch, so we watched those ... JACK WAGNER My all-time low is 62 at Bel-Air, but it was in match play, and I had two putts given to me from fou... JACK WAGNER My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mothe... JACK WAGNER My parents weren't extremely successful financially, but they were happy people. They gave me co... JACK WAGNER Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it. JACK WAGNER Obviously sex and nudity sells, but that's what people go to cable for but that's not going ... JACK WAGNER My kids are at a point in their lives where I'm a moral compass for them. God help them both. 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JACK VALENTI The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents. JACK VALENTI Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it. JACK VALENTI No one today knows what is indecent. JACK VALENTI There were five children in my family, and arguing was how we used to entertain ourselves. JACK STRAW It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father u... JACK STRAW In 1933, the Nazis came to power and the more systematic persecution of the Jews followed quickly. L... JACK STEINBERGER In the evenings I studied chemistry at the University of Chicago, the weekends I helped in the famil... JACK STEINBERGER I feel I learned as much from fellow students as from the professors. JACK STEINBERGER I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation. JACK STEINBERGER I had no new ideas on the physics we might learn, and I could not compete with the younger generatio... JACK STEINBERGER I studied chemical engineering. I was a good student, but these were the hard times of the depressio... JACK STEINBERGER In 1934, the American Jewish charities offered to find homes for 300 German refugee children. We wer... JACK STEINBERGER I joined the Army and was sent to the MIT radiation laboratory after a few months of introduction to... JACK STEINBERGER I remember Nazi election propaganda posters showing a hateful Jewish face with crooked nose. JACK STEINBERGER It's great that people are interested in Mars. JACK SCHMITT But I don't think we'll go there until we go back to the moon and develop a technology base ... JACK SCHMITT It's like trying to describe what you feel when you're standing on the rim of the Grand Cany... JACK SCHMITT My family has served the country in almost every major war since the Civil War. JACK SCALIA There's a greatness in this country many of the kids today don't know. JACK SCALIA I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that ser... JACK SCALIA I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war. JACK SCALIA You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles. JACK SCALIA But this country is a great country and will always rebound. JACK SCALIA Because if you have a strong foundation like we have, then you can build or rebuild anything on it. ... JACK SCALIA Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby. JACK SCALIA I was an only child until I was 14, and there were no other kids around the area really. So I spent ... JACK REYNOR I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor c... JACK REYNOR With 'Richard,' I was excited to make this film with such an amazing role for an actor. Play... JACK REYNOR As a kid growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself. JACK REYNOR I couldn't even get an audition for network TV at home in Ireland. JACK REYNOR If you have an opportunity to reach people on a broad scale, it's not enough to just entertain p... JACK REYNOR 'Transformers' gives people the ability to relax and rest for three hours. That's a subs... JACK REYNOR When I meet someone who I really admire, I enjoy nothing more than trying to connect with them and a... JACK REYNOR In terms of doing another franchise after 'Transformers,' I don't know if that would be ... JACK REYNOR 'Star Wars' was something that I was definitely interested in. Whether or not I was really i... JACK REYNOR I was always a big fan of Charlie Chaplin movies. I love 'The Great Dictator' and 'City ... JACK REYNOR The first movie I really clicked with was 'Die Hard' when I was 6 years old, which is crazy ... JACK REYNOR When I was a little, little kid, my family got a new washing machine, and they had a big box that wa... JACK REYNOR I'd love to do a film with Michael Fassbender. He's one of my heroes. I think he's absol... JACK REYNOR
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Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it 
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