Bonnie McKee Quotes
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
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No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.
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My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country.
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I own a guitar, a piano, a bass.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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I have a very broad demographic, from the 8-year-old who knows every word to 'Ice Ice Baby' and the college kid who grew up on 'Ninja Rap' to the soccer mom and grandparent.
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Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there.
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Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
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I feel like all the parts are seniors in high school and seventh graders, and I think I kinda skipped that awkward stage by not working those years.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality of opportunity. We've got to work harder at it. I think, you know, the heartland issue for us is the gap; the gap in life expectancy in this country.
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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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When I was a kid, I always had my hair in two plaits. But for dancing, I had to have it in a bun because I did ballet.
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How do you stand out as a fashion ad campaign? By using people off the street; it does generate buzz.
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The death tax punishes the American dream - making it virtually impossible for the average American family to build wealth across generations.
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You see, you could never do a sketch like that these days. The audience is too uninformed. I blame the Americans. Nation of obese, violent, pig-ignorant, bible-thumping morons contaminating world culture. That’s why I spend most of my time here in France. … Beautiful, isn’t it? Just look at those olive trees. Interviewer: This is Santa Barbara.
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Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.
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You know the old adage that the customer's always right? Well, I kind of think that the opposite is true. The customer is rarely right.
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When I'm writing for other people, I have to play it safe.
