AJ McLean (Alexander James McLean) Quotes
I do believe that there is a greater being that has brought me this far through life. Something or someone is on my side teaching me valuable lessons.
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I loved publishing; I loved working in the book industry, but I've been writing pretty much nonstop since I was 19. I realized very early on that I would need a day job, and I wanted one that was in books.
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I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.
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Should the time come when the county family will be taken away, then the parish will feel for some time like a mouth from which a molar has been drawn - there will be a vacancy that will cause unrest and discomfort.
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As far as female vocalists, I love Heart, Joan Jett, Courtney Love, Laura Branigan, Linda Ronstadt, Barbra Streisand - or going back to when I was a child, Aileen Quinn, the original Annie.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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You cannot be in your offices every day doing nothing... and at the end of the day you expect to be paid.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.
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After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
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Oh God, my choice of film has never depended on the hero. In fact, you will see that some of my categorical mistakes had nothing to do with the hero in it.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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If you ask three people what it means to be Christian, you will get three different answers. Some feel being baptized is sufficient. Others feel you must accept the Bible as immutable historical fact. Still others require a belief that all those who do not accept Christ as their personal savior are doomed to hell.
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We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
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The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.
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I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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I think of a piece of music as something that comes alive when it is being performed, and I feel that my role in the transmission of music is to be its best advocate at that moment.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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Anyone can practice. Young man can practice. Old man can practice. Very old man can practice. Man who is sick, he can practice. Man who doesn't have strength can practice. Except lazy people; lazy people can't practice Ashtanga yoga.
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From the time that I was in high school, my life really revolved around live theater, so it almost feels genetic.
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My main life lesson from investing: self-interest is the most powerful force on earth, and can get people to embrace and defend almost anything.
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Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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God gave a loaf to every bird, But just a crumb to me.
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I do believe that there is a greater being that has brought me this far through life. Something or someone is on my side teaching me valuable lessons.
