Mark McKinnon Quotes

Outside events can change a presidential campaign, a president, and the history of the nation: the Iranian hostage crisis, the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, the downing of the helicopter in Mogadishu, Somalia, the suicide attack on the USS Cole, and, of course, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Mark McKinnon

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'Rise Up' is definitely my baby. I think it was a gift because, you know, it's like God just spoke to me and wrote that song. It's very powerful.

Andra Day

GodMeBabySongGiftThink

I never did smoke that much pot; never was a big pothead.

Tommy Chong

SmokeNeverBigPotMuchDid

I used to be incredibly afraid of public speaking. I started with five people, then I'd speak to 10 people. I made it up to 75 people, up to 100, and now I can speak to a very large group, and it feels similar to speaking to you one-on-one.

Robin S. Sharma

PeopleSpeakYouI CanNowGroup

I wish I had known that education is the key. That knowledge is power. Now I pick up books and watch educational shows with my husband. I'm seeing how knowledge can elevate you.

Mary J. Blige

EducationKnowledgePowerHusband

I couldn't write a female who fell to pieces every time something didn't go right in her life. She would just annoy me too much.

Lori Foster

LifeTimeMeToo MuchGoShe

I've made movies that I thought were good. I've made movies that I thought were okay, but then I was very good. And sometimes you're in a movie and you think, I wish more people saw that - because you're good. And it just works out that the movie gets lost. But that's show business.

Christopher Walken

GoodBusinessPeopleThinkThought

Something happened in the nineties. There was a shift. I don't want to blame it on grunge or the rise of indie - but that was basically it. It was seen as dirty and kind of ignorant to have these ambitions, to want to be a big band.

Brandon Flowers

BlameRiseDirtyWantKindIgnorant

Triathlon is a sport where the legacy is obvious. Anyone can do it; there are loads you can do. It is a massive participation sport. You can do it as a challenge, for charity or whatever. I believe it will continue to grow, and I will look forward to that happening.

Alistair Brownlee

ChallengeYou Can Do ItLegacyGrow

The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere.

Maria Mitchell

LoveVanitySexFlatteryGenuine

At the cross, God was punishing Jesus for the sins of the world. God's justice required a penalty from sinners, and in his unspeakable love, he paid the penalty himself in the person of his crucified Son.

Lewis B. Smedes

LoveSonGodJusticeWorldPerson

Novelists of a conservative or more purely aesthetic bent hold up better on the surface, but their novels go in and out of fashion according to relevance or irrelevance.

Jane Smiley

FashionBetterAestheticGoMoreUp

I'm a terrific Mexican cook, and I just love Mexican food. And I love cooking Mexican food.

Eva Longoria

LoveFoodCookingMexicanCookJust

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