Mark McKinnon Quotes

Normally, when politicians talk about 'cutting the budget,' they really mean reducing the amount of increase. Actual spending goes up while the politicians claim to have 'cut the budget.'

Mark McKinnon

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I always quite like the idea of casting against type when I'm looking for and trying to understand who a character is.

Andrew Haigh

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I believe, as do most people, that we have an obligation to assist the truly destitute.

Angus Deaton

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To increase the power, develop the resources and promote the happiness of a Confederacy, it is requisite there should be so much of homogeneity that the welfare of every portion would be the aim of the whole.

Jefferson Davis

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I don't think journalism changes. It's about digging into stories and telling them well. The basic tenets of great reporting stay the same while things around it change. Technology has made reporting easier, but it has also caused job loss. Social media has increased discussion around topics, but it has its own challenges at times.

Soledad O'Brien

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I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years.

Steve Waugh

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Childhood didn't have a big influence on me, really - in fact I spent most of it plotting how to escape.

Simon Callow

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Television is not a gimmick.

Roger Ailes

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I will support the Republican nominee. I don't think that's going to be Donald Trump. My party has historically nominated someone who's a mainstream conservative.

Mitt Romney

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The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.

Jean de la Bruyere

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Amherst was pivotal in my broad intellectual development; MIT in my development as a professional economist.

Joseph Stiglitz

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As designers, we have a great responsibility.

Dieter Rams

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I got two older brothers and two younger sisters, and we grew up in the country, and we were a little feral. So as long as the car didn't end up in the rhubarb and you didn't get caught for doing whatever you were doing, you were fine.

Diego Klattenhoff

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