Bill Moyers Quotes
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Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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I always managed to get in trouble, like every kid. But I had to learn a lot of hard lessons on my own, without parents who would nurture me and guard me through that part of life, at a very young age.
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I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that.
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Clearly I am a very strong, top-of-the-line, always-rising-to-it personage.
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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There aren't a whole lot of things I want out of life. My bucket list is extremely short: Achieve the success in the industry I want, and get married. If I achieve both of those, I can die completely stoked. I don't need anything else.
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Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.
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Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
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I'll take my destiny, whatever that may be, but I'm going to fight for my dignity and my honor.
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I would say that awards are for children. Because children need a tangible representation of their achievement. And as adults, you have to settle for the respect and admiration of your peers.
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Beyond individual intelligence, nature has also cultivated intelligence through swarms. For example, bees, birds and fish act in a more intelligent way when acting together as a swarm, flock or school.
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I don't believe that homosexuals really want to marry, most of them. They're all different, and some have different views.
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Life is a great university for the unfolding of the mind, for developing character. In choosing our life work, when we are free to choose, we should remember this, and choose that which will call the biggest man or woman out of us and not that from which we can coin the most dollars.
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I have a great tip - I have a jumping rope in the house, and I just do ten minutes of it whenever I can. You don't need to work out for hours, just ten minutes will do.
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I didn't know anything about movies or movie stars or the Academy or anything. I was just a blank sheet of paper. I was totally ignorant of all that stuff. I never went to the movies, didn't know anything about the movies.
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I work for him despite his faults and he lets me work for him despite my deficiencies.
