Mignon McLaughlin Quotes
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
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The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
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Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
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Fiction about mining has a long tradition - Emile Zola's 'Germinal' and Upton Sinclair's 'King Coal' come to mind - and most readers will be aware of the industry's harsh conditions.
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As with any moderately famous person, footballers are the source of much gossip. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they are targeted. The fun part as their partner is not knowing who, or what, to believe.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.
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I'd like to work with Bjork if I could get in the studio with her. We could probably travel to a different planet, you know what I'm saying?
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We have no quarrel with a policy that seeks to support human rights.
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I would like to be where Diana Rigg or Judi Dench is, but I expect it is as good as it is going to get.
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I will run against anybody.
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So many people have asked me about getting their own LEGO Oscar that I submitted it to LEGO Ideas so that everyone has the ability to get one.
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They can hop on a line and really dice it up out there.
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Films are really cool because, every couple months, or however many times you can get a job because there's a lot of luck involved in that, you're playing a different character.
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I was just a mini-star when we did 'Gone With the Wind.'
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I believe that a different therapy must be constructed for each patient because each has a unique story.
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Now I think poetry will save nothing from oblivion, but I keep writing about the ordinary because for me it's the home of the extraordinary, the only home.
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I was born and raised in New York. My family has been in New York City since the Civil War. I have a ton of N.Y.C. in my DNA, from both sides of my family. I had a wonderful childhood in the city.
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I would say my greatest musical influences have been Ella Fitzgerald and Mary J. Blige.
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I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.
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The time to begin most things is ten years ago.
