Ken MacLeod Quotes
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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That's the gift that a mother can give, to make everyone feel like they are the special one.
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I became a member of the faculty at Northwestern University in 1965 but did not complete my thesis until two years later at a graduate ceremony at which Carnegie Institute of Technology became Carnegie-Mellon University. At Northwestern, I was mentored by the 'three Bobs:' Robert Eisner, Robert Strotz and Robert Clower.
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Death Row had a lot of artists. They had Snoop, the Dogg Pound, the Lady of Rage, and there was other artists that was also on the label, so it was a big list and a long wait. I didn't want to wait that long, so I started branching off and doing my own thing.
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Everything starts as somebody's daydream.
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I'm in a sketch comedy group in school and I also do stand-up.
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I know a lot is going to be on our shoulders, especially the way we're starting games out. We have to start faster; I have to be sharper from the start, and I will be. And I'm confident that if we can get this thing started out a little better each week that we can get on that roll and be tough to stop.
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I have been portrayed by actors in three television documentaries, two plays, one musical and a film. It's no fun watching yourself being traduced and imitated by an actor.
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When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.'
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Although I've been a longtime Democrat (primarily because, unless there is some very compelling reason to be otherwise, I am always for 'the little guy'), my political orientation is not rigid. For instance, I supported John McCain's run for the presidency in 2000.
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Every performer can get better. It's not about staying with what God gave you and doing nothing with it for the rest of your life.
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I have the bug again. I'm expecting the response to seeing the show again on Nick to be very good, and this will set the groundwork for what I want to do.
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Most actors hate watching their own films because all you can see is the glaring mistakes, your own tricks and ticks.
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You have a moral obligation to finish the job you said you would do.
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Never confuse perfection with production. People who don’t make mistakes aren’t doing anything.
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A world without delight and without affection is a world destitute of value.
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I used to hate flying. I would sit there, rigid, convinced that if I relaxed, the plane would drop out of the sky.
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Cut and come again.
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I think difficult characters are very rewarding to do. They often have facets to them and this and that.
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America is two Mack trucks colliding on a superhighway because all the drivers are on amphetamines.
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Life, too, is senseless unless you know who you are, what you want, and which way the wind blows.
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What if capitalism is unsustainable, and socialism is impossible?
