Mark McKinnon Quotes
Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I was this kid who had been raised in New York, and now all of a sudden, my mother decided that she was a Jewish divorcee and therefore she should be living in Miami Beach.
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The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities.
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It's so important to get your skin to look even, whether it's with a MAC Cosmetics glow, a Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer, or even just a solid foundation. Start off with a good prep and a good primer.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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Films like 'Bond' fund training schemes for film technicians of the future, and working on films themselves provides a great training ground for budding directors and cinematographers. If there's no money there for films to be made, it's like a house of cards, it all comes tumbling down.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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More often than not, the experience of shooting the movie has been disappointing and the end product has been a mere shadow of what I hoped it would be. But immersing myself in the story - that's what I like best of all.
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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'The Fifth Gospel' is set entirely inside the Vatican and told from the perspective of a Catholic priest. I'm not Catholic myself, yet authenticity and factual accuracy are very important to me, so the novel required an enormous amount of research.
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One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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At the age of 16, my father's father dropped dead of a heart attack. And I think it changed the course of his life, and he became fascinated with death. He then became a medical doctor and obviously fought death tooth and nail for his patients.
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People just can't wrap their heads around two young black women in a major production.
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All of us who desire the kingdom of God are, by the Lord's decree, under an equal and rigorous necessity of seeking after the grace of Baptism.
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When I finish my school work for the day, I like to go play basketball, ride my bike or skateboard, play video games, or go free running.
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If you need proof of how the oral relates to the written, consider that many great novelists, including Joyce and Hemingway, never submitted a piece of work without reading it aloud.
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If you're in a garage band, it's about being better than the band in the next-door garage. But in the folk tradition, it's more a vibe of sharing.
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Every great accomplishment of mankind has been preceded by an extended period, often over many years, of concentrated effort.
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If a person gave your body to any stranger he met on his way, you would certainly be angry. And do you feel no shame in handing over your own mind to be confused and mystified by anyone who happens to verbally attack you? (28) tr. Elizabeth Carter
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Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work.
