Evan McMullin Quotes
I do believe that power needs to be returned to the states. I think that we've got way too much power in Washington. This is where I'm focused: way too much power in Washington.
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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
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You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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At my core, I know that the American Dream is about the opportunity to work hard to make your future.
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I love to see a wood full of bluebells. Growing up in the Kent countryside, I have special memories of this brief annual spectacle.
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We'll free every slave in every town and region. Can anybody get a bigger army than that?
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I eat the same foods almost every day. I have my favorites like Filipino beef broth, chicken soup with lots and lots of rice.
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You often see in Washington those who disagree you described as stupid or evil. It's one of the most unfortunate trends of modern political discourse. Portraying opponents as too dumb to know the truth but smart enough and wanting people to suffer.
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Always take earplugs and an eye mask. It doesn't matter where you are. Even if you're in the best hotel, if there's road works outside, then you're screwed. So I take earplugs and an eye mask with me wherever I go.
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A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
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The first version of The Beautiful Room Is Empty was the first mss. I'd ever submitted to New York editors.
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My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.
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The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor.
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I like having a schedule. I tend to be the type of person that thrives on something being regular.
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In high school, my mom's friend was a location scout, and there was a shoot at our house. I came home from school, and the photographer said, 'You should call my friend at this agency.'
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The rich man... is always sold to the institution which makes him rich.
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I love living downtown.
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In terms of representation, television is reflecting an era that has passed. It's the wrong time; it's the wrong period. In all sorts of television, it doesn't feel like the 21st century.
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Doubt is a difficult animal to master because it requires that we learn the difference between doubting God and doubting what we believe about God. The former has the potential to destroy faith; that latter has the power to enrich and refine it. The former is a vice; the latter a virtue.
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My last series was on A.B.C., a one-hour called 'My Generation'. Critics liked it. I was on for two weeks, and that was a tough one.
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On a practical level I'm a TV producer and storyteller who's gone about as long as you can go without achieving a mass audience.
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The way you live your life depends on you.
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I do believe that power needs to be returned to the states. I think that we've got way too much power in Washington. This is where I'm focused: way too much power in Washington.
