John Mackey Quotes
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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If you're going to make a sequel to 'Sicario', you have to - you know, you've got to go beat a brand new path.
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The fact we don't have a lunar base has nothing to do with the technology. It has to do with public commitment and societal support.
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If you have more money than your lifestyle, then you can either do something stupid or smart. That's not much of a choice. That's like saying, 'You are on the roof. you can either take the elevator, or you can jump.' That's not a choice.
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I've always been very in tune to my voice and to other people's voices and how they express themselves vocally. And I always loved accents and dialects - I collected them like stamps.
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I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.
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There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.
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Urban America is like a foreign country in a sense.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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In the year 3000, everything will be instant.
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War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
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You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
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'Doctor Who' has a certain amount of showbiz attached to it.
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Much of the time, as an actor, you sit around waiting. Most of your life and career, you're waiting for your agent or your manager to call you.
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There are certain functions that a writer has to do. In a time of crisis, it is great to have heroic poems, as it was in the Irish Revolution. It's great to have great songs, because people need something to sing when they are marching. That's OK, but it should be on the side. It's not the ultimate thing.
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I dropped out of college for the last time in 1977.
