Danny K. Davis Quotes
The way to reduce the deficit is to create jobs and work opportunities so that people will have money with which to pay taxes.
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The camera fails to capture the 'business' in show business! We typically will give 10 percent of our salary to the agent, 10 percent to the manager, and 5 percent to the lawyer, plus the publicist gets a flat fee, which needs to be budgeted for.
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Wes Anderson deserves an award for sheer persistence of vision.
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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He who gives love, receives love.
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The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.
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If listeners aren't carried away to Heaven, I'm failing.
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We are in favor of greater free markets.
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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With a disaster like global warming, it's too late to worry about when it's looming except to figure out how to adapt to it.
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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me – I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
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What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with.
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I think Hollywood wants to be safe. The things you do first become your calling card, and I think people just sort of go, 'Well, we know he can do that.' They kind of put you in that hole.
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Independnce comes from you knowing who you are and you being happy with yourself.
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The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue.
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There's no doubt I was a bit of a misfit in the Hollywood of the forties. The race for glamour left me far behind. I didn't really want to keep up. I wanted my stardom without the usual trimmings. Because of this, I was branded a rebel at the very least. But I don't regret that for a minute. My appetite was my own and I simply wouldn't have it any other way.
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You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
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Christine and I haven't raised our children. A whole community of selfless Christians has contributed to helping them become faithful, competent adults.
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The way to reduce the deficit is to create jobs and work opportunities so that people will have money with which to pay taxes.
