Mark McKinnon Quotes
If you're running for office, it's tough to be an incumbent. It's tough to run out of Washington. It's better to be an outsider. And Establishment support doesn't help; it more likely hurts.
Quotes to Explore
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Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
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If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.
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I am honoured to be associated with a brand like Movado. It believes in the art of design and is known for its perfection worldwide. I have strong faith in the pursuit of perfection. I am looking forward to a long association.
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We should have completed the fight in Afghanistan instead of starting a new war in Iraq.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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It wasn't my dream to make music. It was just something I ended up doing, and no one said stop.
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Well I look for an accompanist that does his work well, this to begin.
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I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous.
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There's this sort of cloud that hangs where people are like: 'How long can you keep the heat of 'Homeland' going?' People have short memories is the truth, and Hollywood loves the new and shiny.
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Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are.
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I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.
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Once I'm in a situation where I can not do anything for three years and go off the map, I'll focus more on writing. Right now, I want to just make Flume awesome... and big.
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It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.
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I like my hands. They do most of the talking.
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When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. It's limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design.
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It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.
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Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research program.
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Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.
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Some batters, and good ones too, scoff at the whole theory of place hitting, calling it a myth. They are wrong, however.
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When you write fiction, there were things about Washington that I've experienced and wanted to write about, including the swamping nature of it, the compromises people come to town and are forced to make, and also, when writing about Joe McCarthy, the indecency and lies that he put forward that people didn't take a stand about.
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If you're running for office, it's tough to be an incumbent. It's tough to run out of Washington. It's better to be an outsider. And Establishment support doesn't help; it more likely hurts.
