Mackenzie Astin Quotes
I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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I entered Harvard Medical School knowing nothing of research.
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The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.
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The financial catastrophe of 2008 nearly precipitated a calamitous economic depression, jolting America and much of the West into a sudden recognition of their systemic vulnerability to unregulated greed.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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If you're making music for all the right reasons, people are going to be receptive to that and appreciate it the same way you did when your were writing it.
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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Part of being a top-20 firm is mind-share.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!
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If you look at art history, at Goya or Gainsborough, it's always about acknowledging the people of your time who have influence.
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When I come to a design decision, people know that is that.
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Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical assumptions, which make it impossible to prove them right or wrong in the way we can with theories in physics or chemistry.
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Maybe I've lost a little, but I think everyone does over time. People have been writing that I'm getting old every year, and eventually they're going to be right. There's nobody in this game that's doing the same things they once did in the peak years of their career.
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I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.
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There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I wasn't an ardent fan. I didn't run home from school to watch it.
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You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless.
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Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
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Life is one long process of getting tired.
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A lot of charities spend a million dollars on a fundraiser to make $15,000. It's a social swirl. They do some great stuff and then - it's called mission drift. It becomes more about the parties.
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I guess you could say I'm pretty wary.
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I'm very intelligent. I'm capable of doing everything put to me. I've launched a perfume and want my own hotel chain. I'm living proof blondes are not stupid.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
