Francis John McConnell Quotes
We must get away from the idea that America is to be the leader of the world in everything.
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For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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Part of what makes America strong is our resilience, tenacity, innovation and our willingness to be optimistic about our future. I know that President Obama is absolutely the best president to lead our country in the right direction.
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For a border state, I would argue that Texas is less lunatic on the subject of immigration issues than other places around it, like Arizona. They're much more comfortable with their long-term identity as a place with a very large Hispanic population.
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The irony is that, coming from a white-collar British background, I tend to play blue-collar Americans!
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
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Politics exist in the boardroom, as well.
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The important thing is to build up my cardiovascular system, so I have the stamina to do stunts. To me, stepping over the line, taking a chance and succeeding is the ultimate freedom, be it in rock and roll or when executing a really challenging routine.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
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Now at 47, 48 I am expected to do ten times better work that I did when I was 24.
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Wearing too much makeup definitely makes my skin worse.
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In Arab Islamic society, it is traditionally taboo to criticize the lifestyle or personal philosophy of any practicing Muslim.
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Germany can make a major difference in the lives of so many Holocaust survivors who are struggling in their later years.
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I love to perform live.
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Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form.
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The mind is just another muscle.
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Apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there?
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I'd always been the confident guy in school. I was good in math and English, but I was still shy. I couldn't get up and speak in front of people. I was asked to do it when I was 10 years old and I burst out crying.
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I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music. More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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The powers of the teenagers in 'The Darkest Minds' were always meant to represent that inherent drive that young people have to make change, and how the world pushes back against it.
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To say Roman Reigns isn't connecting with an audience means you're not listening. I've watched a lot of Roman Reigns, and every single time I see him, I hear noise. He connects very well with our audience.
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Christina Stead has a Chinese say, 'Our old age is perhaps life’s decision about us'-or, worse, the decision we have made about ourselves without ever realizing we were making it.
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We must get away from the idea that America is to be the leader of the world in everything.
