Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes
People who pierce the veil of money rarely return with their faculties altogether intact.
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In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.
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A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
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No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.
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Anyone should be able to read comics.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.
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Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry.
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No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that.
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I like excess. And giant M&M's.
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Any deal that allows Iran to enrich uranium, which allows them to ultimately break out within a few months with a nuclear weapon, is a disaster for the world.
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In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.
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I'll put the Packers' best players on defense. It's best for a team and good for its morale.
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
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Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.
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I think women today are really struggling with these dual roles: How do you have a full-time career and be ambitious and still take care of your family?
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One thinks with awe and longing of this real and extraordinary popularity of hers Edna St. Vincent Millay’s: if there were some poet-Frost, Stevens, Eliot-whom people still read in canoes!
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I'm not signing on to direct 'Black Panther.' I think I'll just say we had different ideas about what the story would be. Marvel has a certain way of doing things, and I think they're fantastic, and a lot of people love what they do. I loved that they reached out to me.
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If you're the person living closest to the parent who's going to need help, and you take on the whole role of primary caregiver, you can be pretty sure your sibling who lives farthest away is going to call you and say, 'You don't know what you're doing.' Because they're not on the spot, and they probably feel guilty.
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The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.
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People who pierce the veil of money rarely return with their faculties altogether intact.
