Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes
Stubborn opposition to proposals often has no other basis than the complaining question, 'Why wasn't I consulted?'
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Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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I've lived in New York for a really long time.
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I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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How does one measure the success of a museum?
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With 'Free Agent Nation,' I was figuring out how to write a book along with writing the book. Now I think I've kind of, sort of figured out how to write a book a little bit better. But the process remains not that different - slow; laborious; tiny, incremental progress each day, punctuated by feelings of despair and self-loathing.
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I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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I like to be against the odds.
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My bag always weighs a ton. I carry my whole bathroom with me. You never know what's going to happen in a day!
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But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.
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I've been wrestling since I was 18 years old. And within the first five months of my wrestling career, I'd already had three concussions. And for years after that, I would get a concussion here and there, and it gets to the point that when you've been wrestling for 16 years, that adds up to a lot of concussions.
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I don't really give into all that philosophical talks that 'money is not everything.'
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Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.
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Applause is the most powerful thing... people talk about the sound of it, but what I hear is glee.
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He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.
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With so much evidence of depleting natural resources, toxic waste, climate change, irreparable harm to our food chain and rapidly increasing instances of natural disasters, why do we keep perpetuating the problem? Why do we continue marching at the same alarming beat?
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I will do simple cleanses and have a day where I'm quiet and don't talk. I need to have this experience, especially after work has been really intense.
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Our obligations and loyalty should not be to a government that will not take care of our needs. Our obligations and loyalty should not be to a government that has proven time and time again that it is the enemy of the people unless the people are rich in dollars.
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My life was made easy - I lived in a village, and by writing for some newspapers and magazines, had enough to live on. I was happy to be there and write.
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Everyone on 'Ray Donovan' was super nice. I was kind of surprised by how welcoming everyone was because of how established the show was.
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Every American born today owes $43,000 to the federal government the day she or he is born. And we are transferring a tremendous amount of debt to the new generation, much of it owed to overseas creditors who expect to be repaid by our children with interest.
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Stubborn opposition to proposals often has no other basis than the complaining question, 'Why wasn't I consulted?'
