Donald McKay
Related E. L. DOCTOROW I'm a morning person because I learned to write my novels while still practicing law. I would ge... STEVE BERRY I'm not afraid to eat breakfast at three in the morning. As a kid, I used to go to bed at 8 P.M.... TAYLOR HICKS ERMA BOMBECK GEORGE ORWELL I'm pretty obsessive-compulsive, and I'm very fast. I tend to not write for a long period of... ADAM RAPP SONIA SOTOMAYOR When we look it is always forward ,but if we did not think of the past at all we would not be able t... GARY F EVANS... Don't let your characters tell you what to do. They can be pushy. Some writers say that they cre... CHELSEA CAIN I rarely eat breakfast because of our schedule, actually. If I do, though, I'll try to do an egg... KAWHI LEONARD With the girls, until I sit down and score it out and see where they are at, we're trying to break i... JASON HAFNER It took a long time for me to convince my staff people to leave me unscheduled from 2:00 to 4:00 eve... DICK MURPHY Writing is not a great profession as a lot of writers proclaim. I write because this is something I ... HA JIN CHAIM POTOK Everybody needs to eat a high fiber diet. Most people who come in here with problems about constipat... DONALD BUTTS You can sit down and do it in an hour. They are great for beginners, but they also are popular for g... LYNETTE ANDERSON MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN I couldn't do anything without my crew. They're the people that put in the blood, sweat, and tears ?... DANNY NILLES To do eleven fights in four months is pretty crazy. In some shows that we do in Asia, there are thre... DANIEL WU JEFFREY FRY When I was a poor and struggling writer, I made a vow that if ever I got lucky enough to write full-... EVAN HUNTER He stares blankly, then leaves the room like a ghost—never truly here. I gaze at the doorway. I do... KATE ROOPER When I do write, it happens really easily. I'll just kind of sing along to whatever I'm play... ISAAC BROCK We are going to set up a committee of three members from the Land and Development Committee and thre... KEITH ALLEN I want to get up at 6 A.M. and go swimming and do 30 lengths. SADIE FROST RACHAEL RAY There's this whole new grammar Twitter skill set that I do not possess. I'm not a very good ... STERLING KNIGHT CHARLES BUKOWSKI [Breakfast (6:30 a.m.) Bagel with cream cheese (370 calories).] When I'm working in the morning, I d... JEREMY ROSE JOHNNY BENCH If we get it over a three- or four-hour period, then we are in pretty good shape. The inlets have ti... RON SHINDOLL I wasn't notified at all. They say they tried to contact me. I was right down there at work. Thought... ERIC WOODS ANNE PERRY Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they t... BIBLE PETE TOWNSHEND URSULA K. LE GUIN My business life takes a big chunk of time, but I still put exercise in my schedule. I'm up at 5... CESAR MILLAN STANLEY A. MCCHRYSTAL Before you go to dinner, before you go to breakfast, before you do whatever, if you feel like bingei... DR. GENIE BURNETT You do get some weirdos, but if there are any nice people out there who want to write to me pleasant... KATIE PRICE Each local official donated a certain amount of time, some gave and hour, some gave two hours. Ken M... SHARON WILLARD ALAN SHEPHERD NIKKI GIOVANNI DAVID FRIEDMAN DOUGLAS KENNEDY ROBERT SARAH SOURCE UNKNOWN ASHWIN SANGHI ELLEN G. WHITE DOUGLAS BRUNT NATALIE COUGHLIN We are in an environment where there are a lot of stay at home moms, and we don't really have a let ... GAYLE WESTAPHER Not at all tricky. We do this sort of stuff every day before breakfast. Then I fly to work on my... DAVID R. CHASE CYNTHIA VOIGT IVANKA TRUMP WILLIAM SAROYAN Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms w... MARGARET CHITTENDEN KATHI APPELT I never do a show where the people just sit there and look at me. They always sing along. It's g... ESTELLE FANTA SWARAY They rescued about 240 people within a four-hour period of time within 5 square miles before they ha... MAURICE LUQUE I do not enjoy being away from Richmond, my friends of a lifetime, and my home... I do not enjoy wor... LEWIS F. POWELL, JR. I think we do need more troops over there and have for a long period of time. The people who make th... JOE SCHWARZ ED KOCH EDWARD KOCH To change yourself you have to move from where you are and take a step, then you have to be willing ... BRENT M. JONES DELIA SMITH We've found they do have a lot of personality. I have my betta bowl on top of my fish tank, and he'l... BILL SANDERS The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4:00 a.m. CHARLES PIERCE What I always meant by that was that I do believe that a lot of directors, and writers, and sometime... BUCK HENRY I write every day. I don't have a writing schedule. I write when I feel like it. Fortunately, I ... EVE BUNTING Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER ERNEST HEMINGWAY MICHAEL SPECTER too early, then another too late; what we have to ... THOMAS BERNHARD I just freestyle. I don't actually write the words on paper. It's just whatever comes into m... TORY LANEZ If the 400,000 were to be shut down for a significant period of time, then OPEC would have to reasse... ADAM SIEMINSKI JOHN TRUDELL I like big thinkers who, no matter how big their vision, can sit down and talk to me about hour-to-h... PAIGE CRAIG It slightly depends on your perspective, sort of how you look at these things, but when I sit down t... ALEX GARLAND Writing, for me, is a very fluid process. I sit down and wait for the words to come. They usually do... SHARON DRAPER MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA WILLIAM JAMES I've done everything from stocking shelves at a natural food co-op, to baking bagels at Bruegger... MARCO ARMENT ANJELICA HUSTON RACHAEL RAY JENNIFER E. SMITH Let me tell you, I'm not sure if America runs on donuts, but I sure do! Nothin' like a littl... CHRIS BENZ I have achieved what I wanted to achieve. I'm better off at some sort of independent place where... KEITH OLBERMANN It's not my passion to wake up at 6:00 in the morning to do my exercises. Sometimes I really hat... SIBEL KEKILLI [To head off a future fat generation, parents must set an example.] Parents are role models, ... We ... JAMES HILL It stays on for about an hour and a half and then goes out for a few hours. Back in October, we woul... JILL CARROLL KAREN JOY FOWLER MADELEINE L'ENGLE TODD ENGLISH JOHN PHILIP SOUSA DANIEL TAMMET It was hard with the situation of the delay, you get ready and then you have to stop. I'm worried ab... FRANK VRABLIC It would be nice if they didn't make me get up at 5 A.M. for a 12-hour day. My caravan is never ... DIANA RIGG ROWAN ATKINSON
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I write when the urge hits me, getting the words down as fast as I can type and then I step back fro... DONALD MCKAY Thanks to a fairly decent IQ, I can write on virtually any subject, and have done so in order to mak... DONALD MCKAY We believe these estimates are conservative, ... Our internal estimates are far more aggressive. How... DONALD MCKAY We see no reason why we're not going to be able to work out contractual issues, DONALD MCKAY I've been a writer for 42 years and, yes, it is a full time job for me. Not a hobby, but serious wor... DONALD MCKAY Write in a disciplined manner, but write in a way that is natural to the individual's thought proces... DONALD MCKAY Now that I am living in God's gift to earth, the isothermal range of the Blue Ridge Mountains that r... DONALD MCKAY My first novel took 12 years to complete because life got in my way. DONALD MCKAY I feel the better way is to 'begin' and then see where your imagination takes you. That's where the ... DONALD MCKAY To come up with the ending to a story and then work backwards is like tying your shoe with one hand ... DONALD MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed a... CLAUDE MCKAY ADAM MCKAY HILARY MCKAY NICOLE MCKAY JOHN MCKAY Happy the society whose deepest divisions are ones of style. PETER MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY I personally think 'Chimes of Midnight' is a much better film than 'Citizen Kane.' CHRISTIAN MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY I was at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where I thought, in my naivete, I'd stay for the rest of... CHRISTIAN MCKAY Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and politica... CLAUDE MCKAY HILARY MCKAY ADAM MCKAY Like so many people, I only remembered Orson Welles as this huge, fat, bearded figure selling wine i... CHRISTIAN MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY I used to play in the subway. If everyone tossed in a quarter, at the end of the day it would add up... NELLIE MCKAY She wrote to Dr. Green or Dr. Scott he was confused and asked for a phone number so they could ta... BRUCE MCKAY I don't know that this was a Nigerian scam, ... This is a mutating form of extortion that has been g... BRUCE MCKAY It's July 13 and she receives the check for $12,000 and it comes in an envelope with no return addre... BRUCE MCKAY She wrote to Dr. Green  or Dr. Scott â€âÂ�... BRUCE MCKAY He said he had a check for $12,000 and asked that she cash it and send back $7,600 to his car hiring... BRUCE MCKAY Everyone pretty much agrees it is the best gas-rich area that we know of today. BRUCE MCKAY There's trust that goes along with that, ... From the start, Pauline was open and hospitable because... BRUCE MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY No one ever went broke by saying no too often. HARVEY MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY One of my earliest memories is of bashing the keyboard with my hands, my chubby little baby hands, a... CHRISTIAN MCKAY Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach. DAVID MCKAY ADAM MCKAY I once met a man who was a billionaire, and I said to him: 'Are you a self-made man?' - and ... CHRISTIAN MCKAY Upon the clothes behind the tenement, That hang like ghosts suspended from the lines, Linking each f... CLAUDE MCKAY HILARY MCKAY Upon the clothes behind the tenement, That hang like ghosts suspended from the lines, Linking each f... CLAUDE MCKAY We need and want and articulate to Tony to be aggressive, because that really helps our team. We kee... RITCHIE MCKAY It appears that the lenders are prepared to do whatever they possibly can to see this project move f... BILL MCKAY You know, I wanted to get married, and so I - but I, you know, I realize no matter what you want, it... NELLIE MCKAY The quarterback position is such a defenseless position when his feet are on the ground and he's thr... RICH MCKAY Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and... CLAUDE MCKAY Key would be the detection of carbon and nitrogen containing particles. CHRIS MCKAY ADAM MCKAY Neither team really executed well tonight, but both sides played good defense. We just didn't execut... JIM MCKAY Jamie Morgan had a great shooting game tonight. She was 3-for-3 on 3-pointers. It really seems like ... JIM MCKAY Chris is one of the friendliest, nicest people you would meet anywhere. He likes people. He loves pe... JIM MCKAY Proceeds from the show go to a scholarship for performing arts students. It's the older people helpi... ALISON MCKAY We have 15 gorgeous showgirls and many surprise guests. ALISON MCKAY ADAM MCKAY She's going to be who she's going to be. She's willing to take it. BEN MCKAY There is more pressure on her. She is a known figure. If she says something, it gets reported. BEN MCKAY ADAM MCKAY Everything is Temporary, Everything does not stay forever. One thing that will stay with you is GOD. JASON MCKAY ADAM MCKAY You know, if I can survive marching band, I can survive anything. NELLIE MCKAY The West Bloomfield girls are just digging machines. Our girls would crank the ball, but West Bloomf... YVETTE MCKAY He could have avoided these deaths, he did not. He alone is responsible. PETER MCKAY It's sort of a crime scene investigation. There was life here. ... We've got to pull that out. CHRIS MCKAY So, I got stuck reading for them and paying the bill. CHRIS MCKAY We didn't come out focused enough, we weren't making smart plays. CHRIS MCKAY There are so many leaders on this team - so many quality ballplayers - we said we owed it to each ot... CHRIS MCKAY It will be a symbolic step of life from Earth, leaving Earth, and growing somewhere else. CHRIS MCKAY The work is very relevant to Mars because we know the surface of Mars is as dead as a doornail and a... CHRIS MCKAY If women lose the right to say where and how they birth their children, then they will have lost som... AMI MCKAY No matter what you do, someone always knew you would. AMI MCKAY Change always ruffles feathers. But to us, nothing is sacred. This is going to be good for us, good ... ANDY MCKAY The time is right, ANDY MCKAY ADAM MCKAY If you look at our own planet Earth, for half of its history, life was microscopic. It's the first s... CHRIS MCKAY When you make work, your goal might not be first and foremost to have as many people as possible see... JIM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY He's got a real good feel for the game, and if there's something he needs to work on, you sit there ... DAVE MCKAY He's coming along real well. He can be a complete, complete outfielder. He's playing well enough rig... DAVE MCKAY We will probably do either the east half or the west half of the road. It's difficult to put sidewal... DAVE MCKAY It's the basic economics of higher supply, lower price. Leasing companies lost money and banks jumpe... DAVE MCKAY HILARY MCKAY Operating in one community doesn't lend itself to a big TV buy. You get a broad reach, but it's clut... CHRIS MCKAY I think 16 would be a quantum leap, where you're changing the entire outlook of the NFL, RICH MCKAY It's made the (GM) job tougher and more unpopular. Because the easier way to go is to sign the popul... RICH MCKAY JOHN MCKAY It was very exciting. The fact that it was a handwritten manuscript makes it unique. Everything else... NELLIE MCKAY Showing emotion can either lead to two things. It shows the other person you care, but it also shows... TYLER MCKAY Life is like a clock, all it does is repeat itself. TYLER MCKAY We've allowed those things to creep back. They are not necessary and should not be allowed. RICH MCKAY We switched from the spread (offense) to the wing-T, going more power and getting it to No. 32 (Cole... DARREN MCKAY JOHN MCKAY Do your duty, that is best; leave unto the Lord the rest. DAVID MCKAY The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul. DAVID MCKAY I'm keen to see some new faces and think it's time for that to happen, DAVID MCKAY You just walk past to get somewhere else, DAVID MCKAY (We're planning) a healthy, open dialogue realizing that no one jumped to any conclusion and making ... DAVID MCKAY One secret act of self-denial, one sacrifice of inclination to do is worth all of the good thought, ... DAVID MCKAY If they wanted to broaden it, then give a tax refund or lower the state taxes. JACK MCKAY Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,/ And sinks into my throat her tiger's tooth,/ Stealing my... CLAUDE MCKAY If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything. CLAUDE MCKAY I think if he had proper diagnosis and treatment, he'd still be alive. DAVID MCKAY Of course the Munich tragedy was the biggest event in my career and the most terrible. JIM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY JOHN MCKAY JOHN MCKAY Public radio is the last oasis of free and independent music. For satellite radio channels, you have... NELLIE MCKAY He can shoot the ball. His form is better than Bryce's. He and Jake have a better pure shot. MATT MCKAY It left a bad taste in our mouths. It's been a spirited week (of practice) to say the least. DARREN MCKAY We've briefed a top barrister in constitutional law and we're ready to go. CHRIS MCKAY I think Trent is going to be one of the best players in this league when it's all said and done. RITCHIE MCKAY Then they're not only paying off this car but the last car. The dealer will assist them in finding o... DAVID MCKAY Some people think that if they change the names of things, the things themselves will have changed, ... DAVID MCKAY JOHN MCKAY We usually watch the traffic as it grows on the roadway. When you are tripping 14,000 cars a day you... DAVE MCKAY No other success can compensate for failure in the home. DAVID MCKAY I know the dark delight of being strange,/ The penalty of difference in the crowd,/ The loneliness o... CLAUDE MCKAY The coaching staff is looking to the players who stood out last season to continue this trend and st... KYM MCKAY He looks good. I?d like to get him a little lighter and a little quicker. I?m counting on him heavil... DOUG MCKAY HILARY MCKAY Here were these college kids beating the Soviets and going on to the Olympic Gold Medal. To me, that... JIM MCKAY ADAM MCKAY NICOLE MCKAY NICOLE MCKAY NICOLE MCKAY NICOLE MCKAY NICOLE MCKAY NICOLE MCKAY NICOLE MCKAY NICOLE MCKAY NICOLE MCKAY NICOLE MCKAY I think he had some issues he was fighting and he tried to fight them alone. DAVID MCKAY USAA, which serves its customers via telephone and computer, continues to garner kudos for the quick... DAVID MCKAY USAA, which serves its customers via telephone and computer, continues to garner kudos for the quick... DAVID MCKAY I can't see why someone with their financial house in order would want one of those loans. People wh... DAVID MCKAY Consumers expect to be able to contact their loan or lease provider easily. They expect a courteous,... DAVID MCKAY Value has become more important over time due to a combination of factors such as incentives, lease ... DAVID MCKAY offer competitive interest rates and they're very convenient for many consumers who can shop for an ... DAVID MCKAY ADAM MCKAY She wrote to Dr. Green or Dr. Scott he was confused and asked for a phone number so they co... BRUCE MCKAY There are two ways to define manhood. One way is to say that manhood is the opposite of womanhood. T... BRETT MCKAY For the Romans, gravitas denoted a man’s metaphorical “heaviness” — a strength of purpose, s... BRETT MCKAY ADAM MCKAY Initially, it was about kids at the bottom rung of the social ladder, due to their looks and their c... JIM MCKAY Obviously, I have been kept in the loop about Aaron, and I understand the process of what he has gon... RITCHIE MCKAY In high school, I was always into Jerry Lee Lewis, and they decided they needed a piano player for t... NELLIE MCKAY JOHN MCKAY [Providence coach] Scott Gordon thinks highly of him and I trust his judgment. DOUG MCKAY ADAM MCKAY As part of the revitalization program, years ago the owner [of the building] agreed to give the town... DON MCKAY There was never a written or verbal agreement for purchase but there was a consideration to do so as... DON MCKAY The amount of work that they do and the job they have done for the town speaks for itself. The super... DON MCKAY It's just unfortunate that Smithtown has chosen to move ahead with this. The people that are going t... DON MCKAY The Town of Huntington's belief is that with all these projects on the drawing board there needs to ... DON MCKAY Once again, we're ahead of New York State. In the Town of Huntington it is strictly prohibited to us... DON MCKAY I was always jealous of my violinist friends and cellist friends who traveled with their instruments... CHRISTIAN MCKAY I am playing with the assumptions that we have in our everyday life when we are tripped up or fooled... JIM MCKAY I don't think we thought we were going to lose the game, or the game was in danger. So I don't think... RITCHIE MCKAY The (Logan) girls were a little bothered by the physical play of the game. There was a lot of pushin... BRYANT MCKAY They proved they were meant to be in the state tournament. BRYANT MCKAY I think we were kind of tentative tonight. BRYANT MCKAY Maybe I'll shop. If I'm going to be shopping around those days. JACK MCKAY I think it should just stay with school supplies so it focuses on the people they are trying to help... JACK MCKAY
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