Ken MacLeod Quotes
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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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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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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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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There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.
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I came to Venice for the first time in 1968 and was lucky enough to make the acquaintanceship, and then the friendship, of two Venetians, Roberta and Franco, who remain my best friends here after almost 50 years.
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Friends are sometimes boring, but enemies never.
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Cofounders will endure so much together that their relationship is often compared to a marriage.
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Measurement is fabulous. Unless you're busy measuring what's easy to measure as opposed to what's important
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Even though there is randomness and improvisation in my music, I want to have some concrete idea that I can hold onto.
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I am the Lizard King. I can do anything!
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The destiny of mankind is arranged for happy moments every life has such but not for happy times.
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What if capitalism is unsustainable, and socialism is impossible?
