Mackenzie King Quotes

When gasoline and rubber are rationed, electric power and transport facilities are becoming increasingly scarce, and manpower shortages are developing, it is difficult for people to understand their increased use for other than the most vital needs of war.

Mackenzie King

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For me, acting is becoming naked in front of people, you know? And when you know in the back of your mind somebody is testing you, you cannot really bare yourself. That's a feeling I always have when I'm auditioning.

Irrfan Khan
- People
- Mind
- Feeling
With 'Tron,' we had so many crew members around and a stage full of special effects people that know exactly what has to be done in the situations. You're on a stage in sets the whole time.

Garrett Hedlund
- People
- Time
- Done
Maintaining a sense of humor is key to getting people to also focus on the crises at hand.

Hailey Gates
- People
- Hand
- Focus
In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

H. L. Mencken
- War
- Heroes
- Soldiers
When people read a novel 600 pages long, six months pass, and all they will remember are five pages. They don't remember the text - instead, they remember the sensations the text gives them.

Orhan Pamuk
- People
- Long
- Remember
There was no United States before slavery. I am sure somebody can make some sort of argument about modern French identity and slavery and North Africa, but there simply is no American history before black people.

Ta-Nehisi Coates
- People
- American
- History