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I love Dickens. I love the way he sets a scene. ↗

My next book is also set in the eighteenth century. It's about the Revolution, with the focus on the year 1776. It's about Washington and the army and the war. It's the nadir, the low point of the United States of America. ↗

— David McCullough

#also #america #army #book #century

A set definite objective must be established if we are to accomplish anything in a big way. ↗

— John McDonald

#anything #big #definite #established #must

After I set out to refute Christianity intellectually and couldn't, I came to the conclusion the Bible was true and Jesus Christ was God's Son. ↗

— Josh McDowell

#bible #came #christ #christianity #conclusion

Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today. ↗

— Reba McEntire

#anything #because #career #daddy #directions

Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really happy fulfilled adults. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#examples #fulfilled #happy #like #order

Inauthenticity is endemic in American politics today. The political backrooms where I spent much of my career were just as benighted as my personal life, equally crowded with shadowy strangers and compromises, truths I hoped to deny. I lived not in one closet but in many. ↗

— James McGreevey

#american politics #benighted #career #closet #compromises

Once you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

#as far as #far #go #must #needs

I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#issues #life #my life #people #sensitive

I really enjoy playing 'Tiger Woods' on the Wii, and you can set the levels to easy, medium, or hard, so I think it's definitely a good way for kids to learn the motion of a golf swing if they want to get into the sport. It makes it more fun for them as well. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#easy #enjoy #fun #get #golf