Mario Cuomo Quotes
I am a trial lawyer. Matilda says that at dinner on a good day I sound like an affidavit.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it's not what you do, but the way you're doing it and in the end that's all that we have.
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Humility is a good estate; founded thereon, the whole spiritual edifice grows into a holy temple in the Lord. Through humility, some have even possessed the gates of their enemies. For which of the virtues is so mighty to subdue the pride of demons and the tyranny of men?
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron.
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I thought what would be really just choice for a revamp and a reboot is 'The Greatest American Hero.' I think I'd be just that kind of perfect not prepared for this kind of thing, but thrust into circumstances he's not prepared for... that's another niche of mine. Unpreparedness. Not knowing what to do. I'm good at being that guy.
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Men tell me that I've saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it's cheaper than a divorce. So I'm still useful, you see.
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We are a typical working class northern family, big into our football... no one in the family was into acting. But I remember seeing a panto when I was about six and thinking, 'Yeah... I wouldn't mind doing that.'
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.
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I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.
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Families homeschool for different reasons, in unique situations, using a variety of methods.
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It's hard to be natural in a scene when you pick up the phone and no one is there.
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You know, sometimes I'll go to an 8th-grade graduation and there's all that pomp and circumstance and gowns and flowers. And I think to myself, it's just 8th grade ... An 8th-grade education doesn't cut it today. Let's give them a handshake and tell them to get their butts back in the library!
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I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
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I don't think of myself as either American or Australian really, I'm a true hybrid. It's a good thing for me because both of them are really good countries.
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I am a trial lawyer. Matilda says that at dinner on a good day I sound like an affidavit.
