Mark McKinnon Quotes
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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I'm not a babysitter.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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My message to the kids and our fans is hockey's a great game. There's a lot of hockey being played at all levels. Get involved, do it. We will be back and we will be back better than ever and hopefully as soon as possible. Don't give up on the game. It's too good.
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I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, especially my bandmates.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay!
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Broader social concerns within Muslim communities, such as discrimination, integration or socio-economic disadvantages, should be treated distinctively and not as part of counterterrorism agenda, which has been counter-productive.
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I went to boarding school, and what that teaches you is to cope emotionally at a young age and to suppress a lot of emotion. Being in the army is, in a way, similar.
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Being a celebrity is a business.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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A will finds a way.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
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I was the kid who was sat in his room, trying to move objects across the room with my eyes or my mind.
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I've also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when there was a grass roots movement calling for nuclear disarmament - it was about 1982 - they called it Peace Sunday.
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The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.
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Coffee has always been a significant part of my life. For me, it's a chance to start my day and gather my thoughts - it's fuel for my creative process.
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They can't ban or burn Larkin's books. What they can embark on is the more genteel process of literary demotion.
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I think the press are good people; I think they're educated people.