Bill Macy Quotes
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My focus on the budget, though, has played second fiddle to what I believe is even more important - creating jobs.
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2009 was crazy enough! I can't believe I worked with Jeremy Irons, Joan Allen, Marsha Mason, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury, Jack O'Brien and Trevor Nunn in the same 12 months.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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I have only a few really enviable skills, but packing - condensing just the right amount of stuff into a single bag, whether the trip is for a weekend or, as in this case, seven weeks - is one of them.
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I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.
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That's the gift that a mother can give, to make everyone feel like they are the special one.
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I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.
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Don't we all know why nerds do what they do? To get money, which leads to popularity, which leads to girls.
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It is true that women in Paris never put on make-up. It shocked me when I first got there – then I realised how much I liked it.
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Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.
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Love is an interesting thing.
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I can honestly say that I am happier now than I have ever been. For the first time in my life I feel free.
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Dentistry was an ego trip, and acting is a personal need. Usually it's the reverse, and I honestly don't think I had the talent in my hands to be a good dentist.
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Natural gas is great for America in so many ways.
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And as I’ve said elsewhere, a free press helps make a nation stronger and more successful, and it makes us leaders more effective because it demands greater accountability.
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Attention to detail and a perfectionist instinct, far from stimulating action, are character qualities that lead to renunciation. Better to dream than to be.
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They are smoking crack.
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Stuart: Will you explain to me what these lesbian and gay groups are doing in bed with conservative Republicans?Lois: Getting reamed. But they seem to like it.
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When Russia's intelligence agencies obtained some of the National Security Agency's secrets about its own cyberweapons, it appeared to do so by manipulating a virus protection program sold by Kaspersky, a Russian firm.
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Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make.
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I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's why they divided power among three branches, to set interest against interest.
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To be ready is one thing, to be able to wait is another; but to seize the right moment is everything.
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You have to be just as meticulous on television as on the stage.
