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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I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.
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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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How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
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Fashion has a long interest in collaborative situations.
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Time perception is very much about how you sequence your activities, how many activities you layer overtop of others, and the types of gaps, if any, you leave in between activities.
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Let me show you the work of the humble. Listen.
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Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us and now we're discovering we work for Fox.
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I work for him despite his faults and he lets me work for him despite my deficiencies.
