Mario Cuomo Quotes
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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Architecture must not do violence to space or its neighbors.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.
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Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem, and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence - and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.
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All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
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When I finished touring 'Fur and Gold,' I was just like, 'What am I doing? What do I have? Where is my home?' I didn't really know where it was, so I went to New York to try and make it there.
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My parents did not discourage me but could not understand how I could make a living by art. Their idea of an artist was a person who was condemned to starvation.
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If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.
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The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
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House music originated in America, and it has always been around, but I guess it just got a tighter hold on Europe and other parts of the world.
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My son is 6. I wouldn't let my six-year-old son near any football field. And if any coach asks my son to play football, I'll sue that coach, and I'll sue the school.
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As thrilling as it was, speechwriting is ultimately frustrating for someone who wants to be a writer.
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It had never occurred to Giles that there was something perfectly sensible about wanting to hold onto innocence. He had always gone in for the idea that since we only pass this way once, experience counts for everything.
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How you are perceived is over a continuum of time. So I just keep on working. I've kind of always seen that as the antidote. Just keep on working.
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The Mafia is a question every time an Italian raises his head.
