Mark McKinnon Quotes
Politics only makes the difficult challenge of marriage even harder, with the demands of the job and the public spotlight it casts on a union.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.
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Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.
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I'm committed to sign in everything I communicate, but I also speak. I still believe that I reach more people when I do that. I bridge two different cultures and two different worlds, and I think that bridge still needs work.
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I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.
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But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.
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I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see the movie? What if my niece or nephew wandered into the theater and saw the movie? I don't want to be too ashamed of it.
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I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you.
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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.
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I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
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There's nothing like the buzz of live theater. You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding.
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I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.
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Wherever I am in the world, my perfect day begins with waking up and heading to the beach or the pool or somewhere I can be semi-comatose. I just wake up and go to the sun.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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You don't love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand.
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It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent.
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I think my job is to keep the ball down. I always say I try to go out there and get early contact, and strikeouts just seem to happen.
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Controlling your emotions is the biggest challenge for a horseman.
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Politics only makes the difficult challenge of marriage even harder, with the demands of the job and the public spotlight it casts on a union.
