Phil McGleno (Mac O'Grady) Quotes
You must attain a neurological and biological serenity in chaos. You cannot let yourself be sabotaged by adrenaline.
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A pitcher is only as good as his legs.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
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Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.
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Me as president would not be like anybody else as president. Everyone does the job differently.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder.
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The Palestinian economy is, and will likely continue to be, highly reliant on trade. And yet, trade between the Palestinian Authority and the Arab states is extremely limited.
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I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States.
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I write novels and other things.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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America is addicted to wars of distraction.
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Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development.
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Even those that hate Hillary admit she is a work horse and not a show horse. She gets down into the nuts and bolts and figures out, 'What's the policy, what's the substance?'
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If you want to see the real Pablo Escobar, go see a documentary.
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The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well.
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I drink therefore I am.
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I have thousands of tapes, and photos and fliers, letters, posters, artwork - basically everything that ever happened, I kept. I'm not a hoarder, though. I'm sort of a librarian.
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I think of death as some delightful journey that I shall take when all my tasks are done.
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If Nietzsche is correct, that to shame a man is to kill him, then any honest attempt at autobiography will be an act of self-destruction.
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I'm also a sucker for a view. Take me to a high place where I can see the landscape or the stars or the whole city, and I'm putty, I'm melting in your arms. Then I think having a romantic night, getting a little dressed up, but don't kill yourself trying to force the romance. A bunch of little subtle changes that will make the day more special will amount to a big awesome day in your memory. I like little breadcrumbs along the way. Draw it out!
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Henry James joyously engaged in the act of writing. A good day's writing gave him a sense of strength, of control over chaos, a victory of order and clarity over the confused battle of existence.
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I love the American openness and use of language; I just don't know how to be that way.
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You must attain a neurological and biological serenity in chaos. You cannot let yourself be sabotaged by adrenaline.
