Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes
In my view - which could be wrong, but it is my field - there is no better formula for social instability than to divide a society between two ascribed characteristics that are seen as opposite.
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The return to normality is a defeat for the terrorists.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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Textbook rental is a great concept. It is just a great business model.
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'The Larry Sanders Show,' it's actually about love, which would sound like a paradox at first. But if that love didn't exist, the darker attitudes would not play. You would have a one-dimensional, cynical show, which I don't think the show was.
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I train for whatever happens. I'm prepared for wherever the fight goes.
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I want to do whatever I can to survive.
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I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
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Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that artistic self-development is her primary motivating principle? She is too busy with Kabbalah, fashion merchandising, adoption melodramas, the gym, and ill-starred horseback riding to study art.
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The revolution doesn't always look perfect.
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People think that I can just walk into a room and get a job, but of the 200 interviews and auditions I go through a year, I may get three yeses. I just have to use my sense of humour to get me through.
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Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
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The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
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I've loved every minute I've spent in television. And I've had much more failure, as traditionally measured, than success in television. I've done four shows, and only one of them was the 'West Wing.'
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Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes.
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I grew up with singers. My father's mother sang opera. My dad was a big band singer. I can't remember a time there wasn't music in the house, so I grew up listening to great songwriters - George Gershwin, Cole Porter - and my grandma was playing opera for me before I was 3.
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The trouble with some cooking is that the real flavours get cancelled out by the wine, cream, and butter sauces.
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I saw the S.B.A. with just enormous potential, and that's what I told the president - this is really a jewel.
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Involvement in the arts engages kids in their community, improves self-esteem, reclaims at-risk youth, and builds the creative skills that are required of a 21st century workforce.
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If you just can't seem to get ahead, you might need to check your priorities. If you've had difficulties setting your priorities, ask God to help you.
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I love that Mel Gibson.
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There is nothing Clever about not being Happy.
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In my view - which could be wrong, but it is my field - there is no better formula for social instability than to divide a society between two ascribed characteristics that are seen as opposite.
