Kate McKinnon (Kathryn McKinnon Berthold) Quotes
I think that any sort of fantasy or sci fi that is grounded in something that could ostensibly be real - 'Jurassic Park' being my favorite example - is that much more prescient because it means that much more. Maybe one day, what if?
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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To him who, though by no means near the end, is yet advancing, He is the way; to him who has put off all that is dead He is the life.
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If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
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Your genome knows much more about your medical history than you do.
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I just wanna get to the end of the day without it raining.
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Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.
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Everyone wants to be a stylist. If you know that's your calling, then you need to intern as much a humanly possible. You need to go to fashion school if you can.
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I predicted in 1950 that in five years, manufacturers the world over would be screaming for protection. It took only four years.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them.
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You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.
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My life in science has been rich and rewarding. I have sacrificed very little.
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
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Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.
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I mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. But I just didn't pay attention to that period of music, obviously.
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When you hear that a certain man is so good that he wants to help everybody, you may depend upon it that he started the story.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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In Richard Wright, Dad found a literature of himself. He'd read Manchild in the Promised Land and Another Country, but from Wright he learned that there was an entire shadow canon, a tradition of writers who grabbed the pen, not out of leisure but to break the chain.
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All the excitement is during the making of a film. Once I'm done with it, I switch to my next project and am excited about that.
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I think that any sort of fantasy or sci fi that is grounded in something that could ostensibly be real - 'Jurassic Park' being my favorite example - is that much more prescient because it means that much more. Maybe one day, what if?
