Mario Cuomo Quotes
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Nothing ever goes away.
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When you educate a girl, you kick-start a cycle of success. It makes economic sense. It makes social sense. It makes moral sense. But, it seems, it's not common sense yet.
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The idea of the European community is never face a war again.
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Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.
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I don't write any of my material down. I like to improvise and be spontaneous.
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My interests are not really with television, per se.
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As a senior at Princeton, I felt like the whole world was open to me. In our country, that's not a given. We aspire to be a place of equal opportunity, and yet where you're born determines your prospects.
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If the reader cares, I don't think it matters so much whether your hero is in fact an anti-hero.
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He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit.
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I am never not thinking about stories. 'The Bone Season' is 90% of my brain - 10% is interacting with the rest of the world.
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At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
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I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart.
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There's nothing wrong with showing sexuality. If you have that inside, it's just an expression of who you are. If you want to share that with people, that's amazing. I love that.
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I enjoy working with the American Cancer Society because I fully support its mission of saving lives and creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays for everyone.
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If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin.
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Consider this: The United States held its first presidential election in 1789. It marked the first peaceful transfer of executive power between parties in the fourth presidential election in 1801, and it took another 200 years' worth of presidential elections before the courts had to settle an election.
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Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing.
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Personally, I was never the cool kid. I was always sort of a bookworm.
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The real world doesn’t reward perfectionists. It rewards people who get things done.
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When in doubt, wear a suit. Look at male politicians: you see them in a suit, and they look fine. But if you see a picture of them on the weekend or on vacation, there's a good chance they look terrible and unstylish.
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I’ll not assert that it was a diversion which prevented a war, but nevertheless, it was a diversion.
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It is not possible to remake the world. You can fix parts, but you can't remake the world.
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I'm like everybody: I gain the Christmas 10 or so, and then I try to exercise more and dial it back.
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Tax should be the same for everybody.
