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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Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your livelihood and it's not compromised. It's blunt. It's raw, straight off the street - from the beat to the voice to the words.
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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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For the rich men without scruple drew the estate into their own hands, excluding the rightful heirs from their succession; and all the wealth being centred upon the few, the generality were poor and miserable. Honourable pursuits, for which there was no longer leisure, were neglected; the state was filled with sordid business, and with hatred and envy of the rich.
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History is made every day. The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.
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I think we're all fascinated and a little mystified by how the brain works. One of the most mysterious of the physical sciences is neurological science.
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The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart-see, they bark at me.
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We have to be willing to do whatever it takes to win.
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What if capitalism is unsustainable, and socialism is impossible?
