John McKinley Quotes
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I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
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I never want to hold myself up as the poster child of the successful mother-businesswoman. It's a total 'Gong Show.' I won't pretend. When you do so many things, something always suffers. You just can't be great at everything.
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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At the Department of Justice, our ability to fulfill our responsibilities - to advocate for victims, to vigorously pursue misconduct, to seek justice in all its forms - depends on public confidence in the institutions we represent.
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I've always been attracted to women who are assertive and have confidence - qualities older women possess. They've been on the Earth a little longer. They're more seasoned. They don't play games. They know what they want, and they're not afraid to tell you.
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I'm a romantic, and I like guys to bring flowers and buy some gifts - not expensive things, just romantic things.
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In many of my plays, there was a kind of autobiographical character in the form of a son or young man.
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I was an English major in college!
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If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.
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Throughout my life, I have valued relationships far more than the professionalism.
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It's very scary to me that people actually think we should just follow our leaders. If we can't learn from our history, we're nowhere.
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You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens.
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I never feel there's anything I can't do.
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There's an obligation to not lead people down the wrong path, but I hardly think me wearing short shorts on stage is creating monsters.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
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I'm not very well known. However, the more well known you get, the more people are going to have expectations of you. Although that's great, it also imposes certain pressures.
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I remember moving out to L.A. straight after college and just starting to try to write scripts and trying to get stuff off the ground.
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The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club without moral or spiritual authority.
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Washington worked very hard to create his legacy. Even before the War of Independence was over, he was assembling his papers and making sure they were going to be in a state of preservation that would represent as best he could the official side of what occurred during the Revolution.
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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We have diverse cultures and diverse audiences coming to see films. We are working hard not to repeat ourselves and to have the festival be something that the audiences and the industry feel belongs to them.
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You want to find a place where, because of your skills, you can make an impact.
