Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes
It's always been a subtext of our secular optimism that you solve the economic problem, and all other things sort of take care of themselves. Well, we seem to be doing well on the economic side - we are doing very well - and the other things are not solving - they're compounding.
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You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.
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Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.
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Action men are the unvoluntary slaves of wise men.
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There is, with any great artist, a little manic-ness and insanity.
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Every war is a war against children.
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When we look up at the sky, we are trying to find the way to ourselves.
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[...] She started disappearing as soon as she was born. Just to get away from you.
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It's always been a subtext of our secular optimism that you solve the economic problem, and all other things sort of take care of themselves. Well, we seem to be doing well on the economic side - we are doing very well - and the other things are not solving - they're compounding.
