Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes
The atmosphere in which social legislation is considered is not a friend of truth.
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Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.
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I'm not a babysitter.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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Teaching is a profession in which capacity building should occur at every stage of the career - novices working with accomplished colleagues, skillful teachers sharing their craft, and opportunities for teacher leadership.
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I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.
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Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay!
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I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.
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I get a lot of disbelief that my accent could actually be real, which seems strange.
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I have no pretension that I belong in D.C. I mean, I have to be cautious on how we do our restaurant.
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When you're competitive, the last thing you want to do is come out of a game, regardless of what kind of injury it is - whether it's an ankle, a knee, a rib, or a head injury.
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There's no sex in Middle Earth.
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I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear on all the rules.
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I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.
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If there's a cat, I obliterate it by putting polka dot stickers on it. I obliterate a horse by putting polka dot stickers on it. And I obliterated myself by putting the same polka dot stickers on myself.
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I entered the acting world at a time when there was a higher demand for Middle Eastern actors in the post-9/11 world, and yeah, the roles weren't great.
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I am not a director or a writer, but a filmmaker.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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False history gets made all day, any day,the truth of the new is never on the newsFalse history gets written every day...The lesbian archaeologist watches herselfsifting her own life out from the shards she's piecing,asking the clay all questions but her own.
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No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.
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To them, I said, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images.
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The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.
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Drowning people Sometimes die Fighting their rescuers.
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The atmosphere in which social legislation is considered is not a friend of truth.
