Bill Moyers Quotes
On the eve of the election last month my wife Judith and I were driving home late in the afternoon and turned on the radio for the traffic and weather. What we instantly got was a freak show of political pornography: lies, distortions, and half-truths - half-truths being perhaps the blackest of all lies. They paraded before us as informed opinion.
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Life is neither comedy or tragedy, life is what you make of it.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
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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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The moral argument is that we give big business a huge tax break, and why do we do it? To get their jobs.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.
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I take my work seriously.
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There is no easy path leading out of life, and few easy ones that lie within it.
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The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.
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I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
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They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood.
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One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes.
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I've heard this before from people: early 20s kind of screws with your head a little bit because you're transitioning into adulthood and actually becoming an adult with responsibilities and paying bills. So all of a sudden, it's like you're responsible now.
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If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.
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I started teaching when I was in my 20s because Lee Strasberg asked me to, and he didn't do that with a lot of people.
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Ever since I was a little kid, my ears and my hands would talk to each other very well, so I could pick up instruments quite easily.
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'Peter Pan' makes 'Black Watch' and 'The Bacchae' look like a walk in the park.
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It's a lot easier to act when the writing is good. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to figure out 'Well, why did I say this next?'
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On the eve of the election last month my wife Judith and I were driving home late in the afternoon and turned on the radio for the traffic and weather. What we instantly got was a freak show of political pornography: lies, distortions, and half-truths - half-truths being perhaps the blackest of all lies. They paraded before us as informed opinion.
