John Mackey Quotes
I like games that are complex - the deeper you get into the game, the more there is to learn.
Quotes to Explore
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There was never a great man who had not a great mother.
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For some reason, men in politics seem to have a bunch of charisma, and women drop around their feet. I haven't noticed that so much for me and men.
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You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.
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I am basically a citizen of the modern world, as we all are, praise the Lord and damn us all to hell.
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The Venturer is one who keeps his eye on the hedgerows and wayside groves and meadows while he travels the road to Fortune.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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I didn't really want to be a teacher, but there was nothing else I could be. Most of those who went to the university became teachers. It was just the racial restriction on Africans.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
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Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me. Then when you see a film later, it can be infuriating, really disappointing. I've been very lucky, though, and so many of my early experiences were great.
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I'm normal. I just had a different occupation for a while, and when you're in a different occupation, you have to carry yourself a different way. Most of my art is me bringing you stories from that era of my life. My life now is kind of boring.
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Afghanistan is a land-locked country.
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I got lost but look what I found.
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I like to play the weirdos. I like to play the people that are hard to like. You get to say and do things that you would never say and do in real life.
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There's nothing wrong with being yourself.
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For the son of immigrants to run for elected office, not even a generation after my parents got here, that's what makes America a great place.
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I like to be human and not lose myself in becoming a mannequin, which people in showbiz are accused of.
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I was sent the script for 'Silver Linings' when I was doing a play in D.C. at The Kennedy Center with Cate Blanchett and I was sent the script and asked if I was interested, and I said 'Oh, boy am I!'
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'Game of Thrones' is fundamentally based on a Machiavellian, almost Jacobean, idea of power and intrigue.
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I like games that are complex - the deeper you get into the game, the more there is to learn.
