Karl Mecklenburg Quotes
You need to take small steps when you dream big dreams. I am a published author with dyslexia, a professional speaker who was in speech therapy for three years as a child because I had a lisp; and a slow stiff kid from the suburbs who became an All-Pro in the NFL.
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I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing.
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I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.
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Too many times, the international community has not prepared the post-conflict period in time.
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TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.
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Birth was the death of him.
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Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.
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There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre you're involved in, whether it's a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agents or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things.
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I never go wild with nails.
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I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out.
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I think 30 is a big jump from your 20s, but 40 holds no fear for me.
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I always tend to think of all of my shows as possibly my last show. I'm like a junior Springsteen, without the underbite.
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The attempts to command the climate and decide about the temperature on our planet are wrong and arrogant. I wrote a book about it which was published in English under the title 'Blue Planet in Green Shackles.'
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They say it all started out with a big bang. But, what I wonder is, was it a big bang or did it just seem big because there wasn't anything else drown it out at the time?
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Without a musket to raise, a barricade to storm, a flag to wave, the question hit me in the face like the cold air: 'Who am I?'
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In Mexico, you have to defend yourself and your honour.
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I do think there is an important artistic component in what we do. As a technology company I've tried to really stress that.
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Only the shallow know themselves.
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You're an awful little guy to be such a big thief.
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Radio 1 has always championed women; take Annie Nightingale, for example. One of my heroes.
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I did use my own accent in a play once. It's a very freeing, liberating experience. Actors are often asked to adopt a different accent, and sometimes a different voice, so when that's taken away and you don't have to think about it, that's a lovely thing.
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The biggest ingredient in a best friend is someone whose actions you respect and who you can truly be yourself around.
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If I made laws for Shakers or a school, I should gazette every Saturday all the words they were wont to use in reporting religious experience, as 'spiritual life,' 'God,' 'soul,' 'cross,' etc., and if they could not find new ones next week, they might remain silent.
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Neither the few nor the many have a right to act merely by their will, in any matter connected with duty, trust, engagement, or obligation.
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You need to take small steps when you dream big dreams. I am a published author with dyslexia, a professional speaker who was in speech therapy for three years as a child because I had a lisp; and a slow stiff kid from the suburbs who became an All-Pro in the NFL.
