Jeff MacNelly Quotes
I don't need a lot of attention. I'd much rather have the work be famous than the face be famous.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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Certainly our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters need to be supported in living out their call to holiness.
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But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.
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But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
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I don't do nostalgia. It just doesn't occur to me. I'm living in the moment, and I don't have that gene.
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I won't say that I'm an agnostic, since agnosticism maintains that one cannot know... but I'm not averse to the idea of some intelligence or some organizing force that set up the initial conditions of the universe in such a way that ultimately generated stars, planets and life.
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We do a lot of outbound work where we're talking about the future. As we get involved with these new products, it helps us have a platform to talk about where the future is going.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere.
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I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.
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The optimal use of natural resources can be made only if there is a well-thought-out policy framework for their exploitation towards a particular end use.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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We got a little waylaid along the way. The whole problem started about 10 years ago with management and legal battles, then still trying to make albums while I was doing all of that.
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The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength.
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I go on a good many adventure-type trips. Whenever I go on one, it's always potentially going to be the setting for one of my books. I pay more attention to certain aspects than some other people might. Sometimes I use them, sometimes I don't. Most of the books I write are based on experiences I've had to some extent.
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Open eyes will discover opportunities everywhere; open ears will never fail to detect the cries of those who are perishing for assistance; open hearts will never want for worthy objects upon which to bestow their gifts; open hands will never lack for noble work to do.
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I had promised myself when I first got started that if I got to the point my life where I started feeling 'Gee, I'd rather be at home than at work', and that started happening more often than not, that it would be time to leave. I'd wake up some days and go "Oh, I don't even know if I want to go face this anymore". I would, I would go do it, I'm a dutiful kind of person and not afraid of work.
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What I really like doing is storytelling, finding the body language that is necessary for the story. And when I'm doing it and it's working, I'm thrilled.
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I don't need a lot of attention. I'd much rather have the work be famous than the face be famous.
