Judith McKenna Quotes
It is amazing what colleagues tell you about the inefficiencies and about what works and what doesn't. It is a real-life check on our ideas.
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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Takers believe in a zero-sum world, and they end up creating one where bosses, colleagues and clients don't trust them. Givers build deeper and broader relationships - people are rooting for them instead of gunning for them.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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I can't sing, but I'll sing over this chord progression, like, over and over, for however long it takes - sometimes it's, like, two minutes, sometimes it's 20 minutes - until I've found like a hook or something that I'm really happy with. And then, basically, it just like that's my melody, and that's where I start from.
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I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.
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Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
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I got a big mouth.
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My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.
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I'm first generation in the country - my family's Mexican.
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The P2P marketplace extends into other markets where individuals are monetizing underutilized assets. Lodging is one example. Instead of finding a hotel room, in the sharing economy you can rent a spare room from a local resident.
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'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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Eliminating the things you love is not wellness. Wellness feeds your soul and makes you feel good.
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Dan Brown is a character from 'Foucault's Pendulum!' I invented him. He shares my characters' fascinations - the world conspiracy of Rosicrucians, Masons, and Jesuits. The role of the Knights Templar. The hermetic secret. The principle that everything is connected. I suspect Dan Brown might not even exist.
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I couldn't care less about business.
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I like the idea of, not shocking people, but just throwing people off. Doing something that makes people go, 'Whoa, whoa, she did that next? Wow, didn't think she was gonna do something like that next.'
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The Steinway piano is the most harmonious implement for musical intention. It completes what is beautiful and artistic.
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More important is not how much you have but with whom you share it
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By and large, people who enjoy teaching animals to roll over will find themselves happier with a dog.
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Mr William, he said, in my life six times have I crashed, and on not one occasion have I ever been killed.( Bevinda Singh taxi driver from City of Djinns
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I always had plenty of ideas. I didn’t exactly have them. They grew—little by little, a half an idea at a time. First, part of a phrase and then a person to go with it. After a person, then a little corner of a place for the person to be in.
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It is amazing what colleagues tell you about the inefficiencies and about what works and what doesn't. It is a real-life check on our ideas.
