David O. McKay Quotes
Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.
Quotes to Explore
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Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the beginnings of hip-hop, I'm hearing it all from another borough in Brooklyn.
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I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed.
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I really wanted to break the mold of what modern touring is right now.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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In the five months I wrote the final draft of 'The Association of Small Bombs,' I never fell out of the book. The world was real to me: plausible and powerful.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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We live in a world where people think that finding a passion is so rare that if you find one you're the luckiest person on the planet, and the possibility of finding two is just bizarre. It isn't. We have multiple passions.
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Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.
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What makes America special is that people come here, assimilate and become American with all of the rights and responsibilities citizenship bestows.
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The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful. What if it doesn't look good? What if they made a mistake? I couldn't do it.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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I can't stand people that do not take food seriously.
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With every project, there are things that surprise you with the meaning they take on as you start to use them.
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Being trans, I've grown up with the understanding that most women are born girls, yet some are born boys. And most men are born boys, yet some are born girls. And if you're ready for this, some people are born girls or boys and choose to identify outside our society's binary system, making them genderqueer.
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Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.
