David MacKenzie Quotes
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It's really hard for me to commit, one way or the other. I was just always creating and seeing what came out.
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I know what my comfort zones are. But without a back-up, I will never step out of my comfort zone. I don't go bungee jumping; I won't jump from the third floor without a safety net. I don't do such things. That's not my personality type.
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Since it is not granted to us to live long, let us transmit to posterity some memorial that we have at least lived.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying.
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Jagdish Singh was my basic coach, and he trained me from my very early days in boxing, teaching me the fundamentals of the sport. He was the one who shaped me into a boxer, disciplined me when I required disciplining.
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In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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A free public broadcast license is a privilege.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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I've had my heart broken and then gone out and done dumb things.
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I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person's shoes. Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.
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I'm not possessive, I'm caring... Once you realize a person doesn't want that much care, you automatically back off.
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I didn't believe in spiritual homelands, and found God as readily in a strip mall as in a mosque.
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Friends can have different dreams and do different things.
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I love the Bible. I read it every day. I spend 10 hours a week studying it. It has affected my life in profound ways. I am inspired when I read it.
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The most extraordinary change in Moscow was Arbat Street, the USSR's first pedestrian mall. Of course, there's something a little sad about a pedestrian mall in a nation where few people own cars- the whole damn country's a pedestrian mall.
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I opened the telegram and said, 'He's dead -' and as I looked up into Graham Mill's gaze I saw that he knew who, before I could say.
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Lir chiseled at the stone. It would take a month to make a perceptible impression on it. He had a few hours. Work harder, then.
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The unspoken thing, the elephant in the room, is the war against terrorism, it's tainting everything.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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I don't quite jump for joy, but I am awfully glad to see him.
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The 'problem lies' are the half-dozen or so falsehoods we hear every day that can lead us down the wrong path in our careers, change how we do business, or dramatically influence our personal lives.
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I very rarely read a script that I don't feel I want to change a lot.
