David Mackay Quotes
We go up just into space - space is most commonly accepted to be 100 kilometres above the earth's surface, and we go up just beyond that to about 350,000 ft.
Quotes to Explore
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.
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When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
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There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.
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I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'
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Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.
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Leading from behind doesn't work.
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I would like for people to hear my music and hear/realize that people and experiences are deeper than what's at face value. Hopefully, with the span of my career, I can try to convey that in more ways than one.
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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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We had a kid. The kid was awesome. She didn't fall asleep easily. We complained about it. We got frustrated. But we didn't look for an out. We just accepted that this was part of parenting.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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I'm not spending every second thinking about the World Cup, but it's always in my mind when I make choices and decisions.
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Competition is like a treadmill. If you stand still, you get swept off. But when you run, you can never really get ahead of the treadmill and cover new terrain - so you never run faster than the speed that is set.
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Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.
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Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
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Regrets and recriminations only hurt your soul.
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Johns Hopkins introduced me to two defining events in my life: commitment to biomedical research and meeting my future wife, Mary.
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France and Britain have large culinary differences, but one thing they do share is a relatively low tolerance for modernist cooking.
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I only started playing piano because I had chickenpox when I was about 14 and wasn't allowed to play my drums for a whole week... We had a piano in the house, so I just sat down and played that instead.
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We go up just into space - space is most commonly accepted to be 100 kilometres above the earth's surface, and we go up just beyond that to about 350,000 ft.
