Madison McKinley Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of the past: to turn the losses to victories and to restate humiliations as triumphs.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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Everything can be satirized.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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Everyone learns from their experiences.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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My goal was never to win awards. Mine was let me get to a place where I don't have to work. I don't have to do anything I don't want to.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.
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To rebuild this country will take a long time but we have the mandate and the people support us.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.
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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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I've always been into sports and yoga and running. I actually study a martial arts self-defense program called Krav Maga. I can't quite say it's easy, but it's fun for me and I love to do it.
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Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.
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What I am teaching is religiousness, a quality. Religion is a dead dogma, fixed principles, frozen fossils. What I am teaching to you is a living, flowing religiousness - an experience like love.
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Wisdom delights in water; love delights in hills. Wisdom is stirring; love is quiet. Wisdom is merry; love grows old.
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If I were an antiquarian, I would have eyes only for old stuff, but I am a historian. Therefore, I love life.
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I love the east village reverse snobbery...classic.
