Charles E. McKenzie Quotes
Isn't it wonderful how dogs can win friends and influence people without ever reading a book.
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I don't have to really be in the 60s. Every time I hail a cab in New York, and they pass me by and pick up the white person, then I get a dose of it. Or when they don't want to take you to Harlem. I grew up with that.
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I didn't agree with what Joe McCarthy was trying to do, but I sure did admire his methods.
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I write poems, I meditate. I don't live up to people's expectations. I don't do the conventional cool things - I know I am the coolest person.
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Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
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In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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I don't know what these Republican congressmen drink that make them experts on women's reproductive health.
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I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.
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In nature there are few sharp lines.
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I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.
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Growing up, me and my brother, we were kind of exact opposites. We were completely yin and yang. He was more rough and tumble, and I just wanted to play with my girlfriends.
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Just being famous feels cheap to me.
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I always thought that was one of the single most important things a prosecutor could do is to seek justice for the families of victims.
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I don't need to be a frontman all the time, and in fact, the older I get, the less of an urge it is inside me to play that role. I've still got it inside me, and I do occasionally allow it out.
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If you can find collaborators whose strengths compliment your own, the result can be more than the sum of its authors.
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My father used to take me to the movies on Saturdays. In 1940, when I was four years old, we encountered 'Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe.' I loved it. Especially the rocket ship, which I later realized had no airlock and no washroom. But they managed to get to Mongo with it.
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Americans are already paying the price for record heat waves, dirty air, and an unstable climate. We need to fight these threats with every weapon we have, and the electricity industry has to do its fair share.
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My mom, Cheryl, worked two jobs to support me. She really helped the family stay together.
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Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.
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I want to go to Jamaica, actually. My whole family's from there, so I'd like to go there.
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I believe that I improve with every book I write - most writers will probably tell you the same thing. I'm still learning my craft and will be until the day I drop dead at my computer. In my opinion, art isn't something that can be perfected. There's always room for improvement.
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People try to glorify war, particularly those who aren't actually fighting in them. People tend to make heroes of those who are fighting in them.
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Isn't it wonderful how dogs can win friends and influence people without ever reading a book.
