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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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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The movie business is not about the money. Of course, you need money to make the movie. If you have a small budget, adapt yourself. Having $200 million dollars doesn't ensure that you're definitely going to make a good movie. There's so many examples that prove that.
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If I wake up one day and people tell me I'm not sexy, I'm not going to stop making good music and having fun. That 'sex symbol' thing is typically part of being in the limelight. You better be very talented in your music, but it's good to be nice to look at, I guess.
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There are some people who are just plain great at making music. That's not who I am.
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It is very clear from the text of the Geneva Conventions that families have the right to know about the whereabouts of their missing and that belligerents have a duty to inform families if they have indication and if they are detaining people.
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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.
