Demetria McKinney Quotes
People don't necessarily want to step away from what they think they know of you. Getting to know this whole other persona and all of the things that come along with that, it can be confusing for people.
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I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that's cliche, I don't know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high.
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Life isn't perfect, of course, but we all know it's how you react to things that counts.
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I don't know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean business.
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It's really about, oh come on, this guy wouldn't say that or he wouldn't do that, you know, it's about the characters, about the story, about the situation.
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I know exactly what my values are and what I love to do. That's worth additional years right there. I say no to a lot of stuff that would be easy money but deviates from my meaning of life.
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If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
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I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.
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Well, Eminem, you know, I know him longer. Ive been signed to his label since 2001 and he's a good friend.
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I approach love differently now that I know it's hard for it to work out.
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I know how to make a record that commercial radio or Triple J will smash now... It's kind of hard to stay true and write what you would write if you didn't have that in your head. Because I know I can get way more airplay and get this much bigger... and that's what I'm trying to avoid doing. Trying to avoid the poisons of success.
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People tend to think that numbers are quite objective, but numbers in economics are not like this. Some economists say they're like sausages: you don't know what they really are until you cut into them.
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I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.
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Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
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I always had a feeling when I was a kid that I didn't really know what was going on. Everybody else knew stuff that I didn't know.
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I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
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I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.
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You know when you see those guys and their sideburns are just a little too high? You don't need to have sideburns, but don't have to have them right above the ear. I knew a guy that did that in high school and I was like, 'What are you doing? Just let them down a little.'
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I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.'
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I know a lot of women who embody what it means to be a feminist but do not want to use that word. The misperceptions about what it's all about have gotten into their heads.
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Pantomime is a big thing in the cultural calendar of my country, you know. So subtlety's not my forte.
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Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.
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Fame is a dangerous thing. It's what the post-industrial society wants. They want fame and many followers on Twitter. But to really make the world understandable, that challenge is remaining.
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It took a lot of water to down just that fucking bat's head, let me tell you. It's still stuck in my fucking throat, after all these years. People all over the world say, 'You're the guy who kills creatures? You still do it? You do it every night?' It happened fucking once, for Christ's sake.
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People don't necessarily want to step away from what they think they know of you. Getting to know this whole other persona and all of the things that come along with that, it can be confusing for people.
