Gary McCord Quotes

In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there.

Gary McCord

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Appropriation is the idea that ate the art world. Go to any Chelsea gallery or international biennial and you'll find it. It's there in paintings of photographs, photographs of advertising, sculpture with ready-made objects, videos using already-existing film.

Jerry Saltz

ArtAdvertisingWorldYouFindGo

Money is being wasted on adverts that go right over a consumer's head. They may win awards at Cannes, but they lose at the cash register.

Jerry Della Femina

MoneyWinLoseGoAwardsRight

My father, John, ran the Dowd Insurance Co. in town, which was started by his great-grandfather. My mother, Dolores, was a homemaker who kept an eye on all of us.

Ann Dowd

FatherMotherEyeInsuranceStarted

There's no way I'm going to put this kid in the movies, because of the rejection. It's so hard as an adult, so why set her up to feel that bad as a child?

Rosanna Arquette

ChildFeelRejectionBadMoviesWhy

I've done a fair amount of commercials. I did a bunch of Champion spark plug ads and Levi's and Molson Beer. You wouldn't know it. But some of it's damn good.

Ry Cooder

GoodBeerChampionSparkYouKnow

Joe Wright called me and I also had some trepidation along those lines but he said no, it would work. He had a very clear and specific idea of what he wanted to do.

Donald Sutherland

WorkMeSaidLinesClearAlong

I hate the natural sound of the trumpet, but I think I'm naturally set up to be a trumpet player. I know that sounds weird. But pretty much anytime I play a note, I'm uncomfortable in a general sense.

Christian Scott

HateThinkWeirdUncomfortablePlay

I've always had a teenage thread running through my music.

Bonnie McKee

MusicAlwaysThroughThreadRunning

My mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I'm quite a loving person and I've always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I'm very interested in other people, and if you are, they're interested in you.

Boy George

FatherMotherPeopleFriendsYou

I would do these performances around town at different places, and that's when I really fell in love with performing, and I knew this was something that stood me up and filled me in a way that nothing had and nothing could. I really just fell in love with it.

Ally Brooke

LoveMeNothingPlacesWayUp

Injuries make you stronger.

Seth Rollins

InjuriesStrongerYouMake

I talk to trees and animals. We have interesting conversations about food, weather, and love. They sometimes can predict the future.

Shan Sa

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