David Dinkins Quotes
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Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth.
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Humanity evolves when we realise that animals have the same rights to the Earth as we do.
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If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
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I've always wanted to do a lot of things.
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I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.
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I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother.
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It's constantly fascinating for me that something that feels absolutely right one year, 12 months later feels like the wrong thing to do.
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Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most to do with my craft - not simply for his books, but for his astounding knowledge of the aspect of craftsmanship in the science of writing.
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I really love Tom Hardy. He makes really interesting choices.
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Well, there are other aspects, I still command very good support in the party.
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Making love is, simply put, poetry in motion.
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The High-Intelligence Life Forms of the planet, of which there were at least three species, all of low technological achievement, they would ignore or enslave or extirpate, whichever was most convenient. For to an aggressive people only technology mattered.
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Everywhere - all over Africa and South America … you see these suburbs springing up. They represent the optimum of what people want. There's a certain sort of logic leading towards these immaculate suburbs. And they're terrifying, because they are the death of the soul … This is the prison this planet is being turned into.
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Dread. Bottomless dread... I am that shadow on the threshold defending my remnant peace.
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You know what I've always wanted to do? I've always wanted to put a lung in a suitcase and send it through an airport security check. In effect, the guard would be looking at an X-ray of a lung.
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Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.
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Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless with yours.
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But I never worried about having a child in my 40s, which is unusual - normally, I'm the queen of worry.
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I thought I was going to be a theater actor. I moved to New York after college and did some plays and worked a lot. Once the realities of living as a theatrical actor hit me, I realized I wanted to start making a little bit of money and not have to bartend and work in theater.
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When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.
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In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.
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We are the first to ever publicly advertise we don't test on animals.
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I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.
