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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There are a lot of latchkey kids. I don't want to be sitting there when a guy blurts something out over the TV and have my daughters ask me what those words mean.
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I call people by their initials when they're good buddies, and that's a kinda street thing, too - 'Here comes JF,' or, 'Here comes KC.' It's fun; it's intimate.
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People tend to assume that I come from a long line of castle-dwelling gentry and am made of money.
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If you have something to get off of your chest, there is a proper way to do it. Everybody has a bad day, and, for some people, you're under a microscope and you have to deal with the consequences of having a bad day in front of people. But everyone has them.
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I love America the way I love my family - I was born into it. And there's no escape out of it.
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People who pierce the veil of money rarely return with their faculties altogether intact.
