Rebecca MacKinnon Quotes

I first came to China as a child on a visit with my family in 1978.

Rebecca MacKinnon

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My influence is probably more from American crime writers than any Europeans. And I hardly read any Scandinavian crime before I started writing myself. I wasn't a great crime reader to begin with.

Jo Nesbo

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Films that score very high with test audiences generally tend to not be so great. But, there's a lot of money involved in making movies, and it's a way for people to reassure themselves, who have spent money, and it's also a way to work out how to market a movie.

Andrew Dominik

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Today, Jewish defense is an accepted thing.

Meir Kahane

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Do I have my insecurities? Hell yes, just like anybody else. I can obsess over the most ridiculous things, just like anybody else.

John Hensley

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It's a mystery to me the way that contemporary art galleries function.

Steve Martin

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I just believe that the interesting time in a career is pre-success, what shaped things, how did you get to this point.

Steve Martin

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What's important for that person on the other side of the table, and what's important for the client?

Troy Carter

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I ask people who they vote for sometimes. I think it is just trying to get to know somebody.

Ronna McDaniel

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By preventing dangerous asteroid strikes, we can save millions of people, or even our entire species. And, as human beings, we can take responsibility for preserving this amazing evolutionary experiment of which we and all life on Earth are a part.

Rusty Schweickart

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Journalism was being whittled away by a Wall Street theory that profits can be maximized by minimizing the product.

Russell Baker

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President Barack Obama talks about the need to 'invest' in alternative energy sources. But the reality is that he is not investing his money - he's spending yours.

Mike Pompeo

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It's a misconception that people over 65 do not use computers. They love them; they are always consulting Dr Google.

Lucien Engelen

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