Charles McGrath (David Charles McGrath) Quotes
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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The reforms proposed by the Patent Reform Act of 2007 are precisely the type of congressional action needed. The Act will remove obstacles to growth and restore balance to the patent system.
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Not raising the debt ceiling is not an automatic trigger for a default.
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The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.
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I don't do negative things.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.
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Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.
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I'm not really into the political game as far as paying politicians and stuff like that, I'm not into that. You do your job, and I'll do mine.
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That $27,000 that a young player will now get just for making the main draw at the Australian Open is huge. It can set them up for a couple of months which at that level you really do need that kind of help. It sounds like a lot of money, but when you're travelling the world trying to make it as a tennis player, it doesn't last long.
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I am extremely left brain dominant, probably 95%-5%. The feeling side of my brain is not really strong.
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English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese.
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I was excited by the idea of playing a Nazi.
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The federal government is often said in militia circles to have made wholesale seizures of power, at times by subterfuge. A leading grievance holds that the 16th Amendment, which authorizes the federal income tax, was ratified through fraud.
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What I have to work with is the life that's ahead of me right this minute.
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Remember, MTV would only show white videos for a long time. Can you imagine that? That was the '80s when that happened. It's hard to even think of that now, you know?
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You know what writers say about their long books: If I had another year, the book would be half as long.
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There are many different aspects to a formal meditation practice. But the real meditation practice is how you interface with life from moment-to-moment, no matter what's happening. Especially when you are awake, which is pretty much most of the time except for deep sleep.
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I went out into the world when I was about 22. I wrote books and I illustrated books and did book covers, and I taught tap-dancing, and I was a model in the art school. I had no ability for any of those things, but what else could I do?
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The best vacation is still a book, a renewable ticket to places real and imaginary.