Mark McKinnon Quotes
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But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.
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On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
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Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.
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I'm 20 years old, and I still love love. I hope I'm sweet. Just your everyday girl.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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Prohibition, like so many other policies imposed from the moral high ground, typically by those who do not drink, disproportionately affects the poor who resort to illegally brewed alcohol when they want a drink, not infrequently leading to their death, and are more likely to be harassed by the police.
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It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think.
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I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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I condemn what happened in Madrid, but it is suspicious. If tomorrow there will be another bombing, in France for example, who will gain power? Of course not Jacques Chirac, but Le Pen.
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I try to stay consciously away from the roles of the girl who throws herself at the leading man, because I've done it a lot and I want to move on. I ticked that box.
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I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.
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At the beginning of the week, I roast a ton of vegetables so I can use them for the next few days. I also plan out meals in advance.
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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.
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First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.
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We're looking for people out there who have demonstrated that they are leaders, have track records of achievement, and want to be part of a force... of a much larger force of determined people who want to bring about, ultimately, institutional change.
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Nobody who has even kicked a ball in the street likes losing.
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My father's an early aviator, and my first flight was with him at age two. Now, despite the fact that I got sick on the flight, I still enjoyed it, I believe.
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To make the material speak to man in the name of man, this is the aim and reality of art.
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Congressional opposition to immigration reform or emergency funds doesn't stem from any philosophical objections or differences of principle. It stems from a calculated, petty, selfish rejection of anything Obama proposes.
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A better man might have handled the situation with more grace than I did. A better man would have been able to separate his personal life from his career.
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Immigration is the most explosive issue I've seen in my political career.
