Brian McGinn Quotes
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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Some films shouldn't be remade.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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I was always a writer – working on campaigns was never a profession for me. It was something I did on the side, really, so the trajectory hasn't been a political operative who likes to dabble in writing and finds himself into stumbling on film and TV – that was always my goal.
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What is sought can never produce the seeking.
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I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
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This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
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In the urgent aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, with more attacks thought to be imminent, analysts wanted to use 'contact chaining' techniques to build what the NSA describes as network graphs of people who represented potential threats.
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No foreign terrorist organization has successfully planned and executed an attack on our homeland.
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It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.
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It's easier to fix damage than it is to create it.
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I wake up every morning at, like, seven or eight because I think that there's a bad story about me, and I have to check. My worst fear is waking up and finding something bad about me on the Internet.
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It might not be pretty, but the A-10 is our most capable close air-support aircraft, and its arrival on the battlefield signals survival for our troops and annihilation for our enemies.
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The words of Christ are of more worth than the opinions of all the physicians in the universe.
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In our generation, the role models were Gandhi and Nehru. We revered them. They were venerated personalities. I read almost every speech of Nehru.
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Nirvana was a band that led you somewhere, as opposed to all the grunge bands that began and ended with themselves.
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I let my personal feelings take care of themselves. I find that works better.
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You can't be afraid of the problem. Don't be afraid of failure; don't be afraid to make mistakes. Make sure you learn from each step; iterate, and stay as efficient as possible without being paralyzed by a difficult situation.
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I can tell more about my weaknesses than my strengths.
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The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.
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For the majority of the people it is a difficult place to live. That's a reality that we can't ignore. But there is also great beauty to it.
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The idea of celebrity is becoming more and more appealing to people.
