Ray McKinnon Quotes
Truth may be stranger than fiction on a plot and narrative basis, but fiction can investigate tone in a way that things based on a true story can't.
Quotes to Explore
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Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
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Narrative drives most of economics. Everything seems to be part of a story, and how that story is told often leads to critical error.
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I think the reason teenage fiction is so popular with adults is that adults hunger for narrative just as badly as teenagers do.
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Many of the stranger but most frequently quoted scenes in 'Billy Madison' were unplanned.
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Missing Persons was based in Los Angeles.
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I'm always diplomatic when heavily outnumbered by armed strangers.
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Fate is a quantity very much like TV: an unstoppable narrative, written, produced and directed by somebody else.
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Narrative living is the beginning of rhetoric.
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The imagery is getting a little more enigmatic. I'd like to think that it's getting a little more evocative without being more narrative.
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I think so many women allow themselves to be defined by somebody else's narrative.
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It doesn't matter if you're religious or not. Does anything make you feel more uncomfortable than some stranger going, I'd like to talk to you about Jesus?
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The whole idea of comedy, there is nothing normal about going up on stage to make strangers laugh. But I'm also not an exhibitionist like other comics. I'm not up there talking about masturbating.
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I can't believe we got grades in gym class. I've never used anything I learned in there. "All right, I'm standing in front of a room full of strangers. Based on what I learned in gym class, I will throw a red ball at a fat guy."
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The owner of a local cannabis café told reporters George Clooney was no stranger there.
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Optimism is a philosophy based on the belief that basically life is good, that, in the long run, the good in life overbalances the evil.
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Success is based on imagination plus ambition and the will to work.
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Besides, in this random miscellaneous company we may rub against some complete stranger who will, with luck, turn into the best friend we have in the world.
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Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of Nature, and therefore this holds for the action of people. For this reason, a research scientist will hardly be inclined to believe that events could be influenced by a prayer, i.e. by a wish addressed to a Supernatural Being.
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You can use social media to turn strangers into friends, friends into customers and customers into salespeople.
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We have a responsibility to racing fans to ensure the security and integrity of each and every wager made. We seek to require each wagering entity to monitor its pools and to participate in a national monitoring system by regulators to investigate potential illegal activity that could cheat the bettors and undermine the participants of pari-mutuel sports.
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I really become the characters when I'm writing them. I'll become one or two of them more than others, I'm consistent that way.
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I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way.
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Truth may be stranger than fiction on a plot and narrative basis, but fiction can investigate tone in a way that things based on a true story can't.
