Christine McVie Quotes
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Action is the foundational key to all success.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
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Most people who have encountered mercury have done so after breaking a mercury thermometer. And many of us who saw the liquid balls of mercury scatter across a floor or countertop considered the element the most beautiful on the periodic table.
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I think, as far as branching out with acting, it would take something really right on the mark to distract me from music, because music is everything to me.
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The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
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When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them.
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I believe in forgiveness.
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
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If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
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The first two books that I did by myself were long stories in verse. I knew I could do that because I'd written a lot in verse. But, verse stories are hard to sell, so my editor encouraged me to try writing in prose.
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At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I'm a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body floats free. Books go a little wavy, but they're mine, so who cares.
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In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
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Romney still enjoys the Republicans' traditional advantage among voters who are veterans, but the Obama campaign is confident it can chip away at that.
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Tossing doughnuts, fritters or fried dumplings in fennel sugar adds grown-up complexity without diminishing the indulgence factor.
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I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
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I got a lot of empathy from my mother growing up, and I think it prevented me from ever really just writing people off.
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I'm not in the leftist controlled Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because of my political views, primarily my lifelong militant support of the NRA, the Second Amendment, and my belief that the only good bad guy is a dead bad guy.
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I always wanted to do something with music, but to be honest, I never thought I'd be good enough.
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Love your kid as much as you possibly can, and do what you need to do for your family because my situation and what I do for my kid may not work for you.
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Art is craft, not inspiration.
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I don't know what it is really... I think I'm just good with hooks.
