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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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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Who peppered the highest was surest to please.
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...without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period, it's difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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Once you lose that fear, good stuff can happen because you're not in your head about whether it will suck. Once you don't care and accept that it probably will suck, then it probably won't suck.
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The life of a female politician makes it hard to combine personal life and work, but I think it is almost a patriotic duty to have children.
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The United States in the 1980s may be the first society in history in which children are distinctly worse off than adults.
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Life is short and progress is slow.
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Every human - especially the most vulnerable, the unborn, the infirm, those ravaged by age and those desperate in despair - should be protected in law, loved, and told repeatedly of their incredible beauty and worth.
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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.
