Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes
...there is simply nothing so important to a people and its government as how many of them there are, whether their number is growing or declining, how they are distributed as between different ages, sexes, and different social classes and racial and ethnic groups, and again, which way these numbers are moving.
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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.
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Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide.
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The dinner table is a lively debate, and everybody weighs in in a different way. I like that, though.
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I've always wanted to do a travel show for people who never thought they could.
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I like talking one-on-one to everyone. I find it really sort of cathartic and interesting to hear people's opinions.
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For me, men and women are different. A man is genetically gifted to pull more than a woman. But at the same time, I don't consider women to be any less than men. In fact, I feel we are far more intelligent than them.
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Obviously, exercise is an important part of my life, and I think taking care of yourself is an important part of every individual's health care.
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I'm 43 now. I've reached the point where I really can't care what anyone thinks. Of course, I do. I'm an actress. I'm totally insecure, but I'm trying to stick to my guns about what is important to me, and it doesn't matter what anyone thinks I should or shouldn't do.
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The First Nations Financial Transparency Act insulted the integrity of the very people in our communities who guide our economic policy and act as our mediators with provincial and federal governments.
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Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.
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I, for one, am pretty exhausted since I started blogging almost a year ago. But I am blaming that on my two sons, aged 3 and 6, whose perpetual-motion-machine energy is hard to keep up with at my advanced age.
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I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so important for me to be able to be on stage with an audience that responds.
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I think she said I should seek help. Something like that, but it was in much cruder terms. And that I had a fascination with things coming out of people's mouths.
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I love going for a swim. Growing up in England, anywhere with a pool seems like the height of glamour to me.
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If someone is being absolutely critical of me as a driver, what could they say? I am also critical of myself to try and keep things in perspective. That is very important.
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I am a huge supporter for cash for caulkers - which allows people to make improvement for energy efficient in their homes. We should do the same for Americans purchasing appliances and computers and for that matter, new air-conditioner and heating units.
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It's important in a relationship to have moments when you do your own thing.
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It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
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'Evil' is quite a blanket term. People aren't the demonic characters we would like them to be sometimes.
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'Stardust' ended up being my first film in 2007.
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I am too old to die young, and too young to grow up.
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The gods behold all righteous actions.
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Riches are of little avail in many of the calamities to which mankind are liable.
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...there is simply nothing so important to a people and its government as how many of them there are, whether their number is growing or declining, how they are distributed as between different ages, sexes, and different social classes and racial and ethnic groups, and again, which way these numbers are moving.
