David Hyde Pierce Quotes
Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease.
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If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.
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The interaction of the variation in our genes is what's responsible for lots of our attributes and vigor.
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My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.
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I loved the idea of somebody literally fighting for love.
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I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain't bad, just some of them.
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Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.
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When you've heard one bagpipe tune, you've heard them both.
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Yeah, right. I mean, he criticises everybody in the media, then the first thing he does when he finishes is he goes to work for the media. Thompson, too. Hypocritical.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history.
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I remember clearly, when I was about 4, my Aunt Linda said, 'I'm not babysitting him no more. He's bad.' It was one of the first conscious shifts I remember making. I decided, 'I'm going to be good now.'
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I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer.
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I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.
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What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history.
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My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.
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My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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Golf was my vehicle to competition, and I can't play if I can't compete.
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Texas Republican political leaders take perverse pride in how deeply they have cut our state's education budget. Thousands of teachers have been pulled from classrooms, schools have closed and valuable programs have been canceled. In many places, districts are forced to choose between prekindergarten programs and English, algebra and art.
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I'm not possessive, I'm caring... Once you realize a person doesn't want that much care, you automatically back off.
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Marriage is about love, but it is not first and foremost about love. First and foremost, marriage is about continuity and transmission.
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I find it slightly uncomfortable to see my face on a bus or a poster. I like just being known by my friends and family.
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It's not my style to judge anybody.
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Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease.
