"The way to get killed around machinery was to take things for granted."

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Source : Richard McKenna (2010). “The Sand Pebbles”, p.13, RosettaBooks

Richard McKenna

#Machines Quotes #Way Quotes #Taking Things For Granted Quotes

“Creating art alone doesn't seem to fill us up, in my opinion, until we begin to truly communicate with it.”
“I kind of like polishing the songs that I'm working on. I'm really working hard on some specific songs.”

Source : Interview with Ryan Schreiber, pitchfork.com. February 13, 2006.
“Am I entitled to one mistake, am I after 35 years?”

Source : "Donald Sterling tells Anderson Cooper: I was 'baited' into 'a terrible mistake'" by Ismael Estrada, Catherine E. Shoichet, www.cnn.com. May 12, 2014.
“I guess I've always had such an identity crisis when it comes to other people's understanding of me. I don't feel it in myself but from an outsider's point of view, I can see they must be thinking, "Who the hell does this guy think he is?" But recently I've been thinking, okay, a white guy can't sing soul, but would a black person be made exempt from singing opera because it's not a tradition that belongs to them? It's the same kind of argument.”
“It's hard to figure out the secrets of the universe when you're trying to figure out where you and your girlfriend are going to sleep next month.”
“You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.”
“I'm so tired of hearing casting directors ask if I have a sore throat. The people who have told me that my voice is distinctive, it's unusual...those people have always been close to my heart.”
“That moment," she told Cath, "when you realize that a guy's looking at you differently - that you're taking up more space in his field of vision. That moment when you know he can't see past you anymore.”

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