Mario Cuomo Quotes
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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In 1995, the Chinese government picked a 6-year-old child to succeed the Panchen Lama, the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.
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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
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The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope.
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The investigation into the possible effects of cosmic rays on living organisms will also offer great interest.
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Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me.
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Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like.
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I didn't intend to introduce food so early, but she became very interested at about 5 months, and I just gave her whatever sort of nutrient-rich food I had. Her first food was smoked trout.
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I have visited people whose health has been endangered by tar sands oil. I have watched neighbors struggle to recover from Superstorm Sandy. I have seen solar panels and wind turbines become an increasingly familiar part of the landscape.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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With 'Smoke Signals,' the character was so much like me growing up. I lost my parents, and I wish I'd had an opportunity to find out where they were. So I was reflecting on how I grew up, that feeling of abandonment. That whole film was a reality that I always held back and kept to myself.
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I really believe that the more informed you are about the benefits of a healthy bite versus the chain reaction that you're going to put into effect in your body when you take that bite - you just suddenly don't want to make that choice for yourself anymore. It's beyond willpower at that point; it's become a desire to do something good for yourself.
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A lot of young actors will do a scene and then run off and look at themselves. I don't believe in that at all.
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There is a disturbing reincarnation of socialist and nationalist dictatorships raising their heads around the world and even in our own back yard. You see it in places like Venezuela and Bolivia, stoked in no small part by Cuba, and also in Central Asia, and troubling trends in Russia and China.
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Well, you just know, as a writer, I didn't really write one of the five best screenplays of the year. There were lots of brilliant screenplays; I was just one of the lucky ones who got nominated.
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No, no, no, I don't snort no more, I'm tired of waking up on the floor. No thank you please, it only makes me sneeze, then it makes it hard to find the door.
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We Democrats still have a dream. We still believe in this nation's future.
