Bill Moyers Quotes
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The worst thing would be for a Canada to develop a Hollywood. This is an industry we are going to have to fight to defend. We have to compete now so productions stay here. We don't want entertainment to be like the steel industry.
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As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material.
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Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.
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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
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Instead of writing songs for girls, I tend to write albums, which I guess is a bit weird.
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I feel very lucky.
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I've been singing Shakira songs in front of my bathroom mirror into my hairbrush forever. It's like a daily routine.
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Atoms of Element 118 fill an outer shell with electrons, creating a special type of element called a noble gas. Noble gases are natural turning points on the table, ending one row and pointing to the next.
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When I need to cry, I think of very sad things, mostly about animals.
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Economics is all about consumption. People either spend money now or they use financial instruments - like bonds, stocks and savings accounts - so they can spend more later.
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But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my other love, teaching; and partly because I still have stories to tell, even though it isn't all that fun doing the work anymore.
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I love nature. I'm not going to do anything to detract from it.
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My mom's a translator, my dad's a woodworker; that's the world I grew up in, that's the world I'm most comfortable in. The whole idea of Hollywood or any of that other stuff that unfortunately goes along with film, that wasn't part of my upbringing, thankfully.
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What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.
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My whole 'WWE' career has been rebuilding myself and finding the confidence that I once had. It's been one hell of a journey. There have been times I felt like the prodigal son because I left wrestling and abandoned this thing that I loved.
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I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.
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I need to go outside. I wouldn't say I'm an outdoors person, but I like to go outside.
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I was never a DC kid - I went through a phase from, like, 11 to 17 where I would try to buy as many Marvel titles as possible. And '2000 AD' was kind of the sort of sci-fi/punk of British comics.
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Our share of the vote overall rose by less than 1 per cent - yes, that's right: less than 1 per cent.
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Empty Spaces:After his father died he carried his life more gently & left an empty space for the birds & other creatures.
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Men are so completely fools by necessity that he is but a fool in a higher strain of folly who does not confess his foolishness.
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The rise of franchising, contracting, and other similar employment practices has made it harder to enforce worker protections like minimum wages, overtime pay, and the right to unionize.
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Maybe the Kindle was the Bowflex of bookishness: something expensive that, when you commit to it, forces you to do more of whatever it is you think you should be doing more of.
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There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.
