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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President Obama likes to talk about winning the future. But someone needs to tell him: You can't win the prosperity of tomorrow if you're mortgaging it to pay for the big government programs of today.
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Besides what I do, I love fishing; I love bringing my children to the forest, getting outdoors in nature. Get outside, people! Stop looking at screens.
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I'm perfectly proud of the work I did, looking back at it. I know I've had a bit of a revision since my 'Big Finish' stories came out.
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The above proposition is occasionally useful.
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You’re walking down life’s road, society’s foot is on your throat, every which way you turn you can’t get from under that foot. And you reach a fork in the road and you can either lie down and die, or insist upon your life.
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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.
