Mark O'Donnell Quotes
I love writing novels, even if only a few thousand people read them. Here's my soul; I hope it appeals to your soul.
Quotes to Explore
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I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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It is all very well and it sounds very seductive to say we are going to have harmonisation of regulations, but for example the way that funds are distributed around the states these days, you are positively penalised if you actually want to have say a lower payroll tax or sort of conditions.
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I think it is more a cautiousness that protects me from enthusiasm about things. I tend not to get excited. People perceive it as a scowl, which is fair enough.
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The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.
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Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
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My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
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Books about spies and traitors - and the congressional hearings that follow the exposure of traitors - generally assume that false-negative errors are much worse than false-positive errors.
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We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.
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The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime.
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Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
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I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
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I was a campaign widow.
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He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.
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Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still.
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To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.
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Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.
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I write a lot of material you've never heard that live inside my sadness. You'll hear a song that lasts six to seven minutes of just beautiful sadness. But I can't just go out on the stage to ask five thousand people to be sad with me for seven straight minutes.
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How do I tell people who I am? Not being a writer, the only way is to sing songs that reflect my opinions.
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I love writing novels, even if only a few thousand people read them. Here's my soul; I hope it appeals to your soul.
