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Jeff MacNelly Quotes

My father was very methodical about life. He'd always ask me, 'Now, what's your system? What's your schedule like?' I have no big system, no rigid schedule. When he would ask, 'How do you do this? Give it to me step by step,' I'd try to convince him that there were no step-by-steps.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: cartoonist
Nationality: american
Birth: September 17, 1947 - June 8, 2000

Topics

Life Father Step Me You Schedule

I like 'Guys and Dolls,' 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'A Star Is Born.' When it works, a musical is an amazing thing. But it rarely works.

Rain Amazing Born Star Like Dolls

Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it. No painting or drawing, however naturalist, belongs to its subject in the way that a photograph does.

Painting Drawing Way Image Imitation

I argue that experiments have no special ability to produce more credible knowledge than other methods, and that actual experiments are frequently subject to practical problems that undermine any claims to statistical or epistemic superiority.

Knowledge Problems Special More Than

I think the problem with President Obama - and I like him personally, I came into the Senate with him - is his agenda.

Think Problem President Him Like

What I am against is false optimism: the notion either that things have to go well, or else that they tend to, or else that the default condition of historical trajectories is characteristically beneficial in the long-run.

I Am Optimism Go Historical Against

A lot of people think, 'Oh, you made 'SNL.' You're set. You're good.' No. All there is gigs, and you go from one gig to another. And hopefully you get a good gig, and it lasts for a while, and you get good work and people remember it, and you have good memories of it.

Work Good Memories People Think You

I'm not a big breakfast eater.

Breakfast Big Eater

You hit one level of the sport, and then you want to get to the next level. Until, eventually, the Olympics becomes part of that dream, part of that goal set and the mindset of wanting to get there. And then you realize there's so much incredible hard work and determination and effort that you need to put in along the way.

Work Hard Work Determination Effort

In science, it is rare that a transformational change occurs during our lifetimes.

Dimitar Sasselov

Change Science Rare Our Lifetimes

People think meditation is a huge undertaking. Don't think of it like that.

People Think Meditation Like Huge

When I'm writing, I'm constantly thinking about myself, because it's the only experience I have to draw on. And I don't see an exact reflection of myself in every face in the audience, but I know that my songs have validity to them, and that's why the fans are there.

Chester Bennington

Myself Reflection Experience Writing

I didn't actually get along with my dad when I was growing up, so by the time I was in my 20s, I didn't think I was going to be a writer.

Time Growing Up Think Growing Up

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