Bill Moyers Quotes
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I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day. I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young sons become men.
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Loser lit antiheroes aren't well intentioned or earnest; they don't care whether you like them or not. They're self-mocking, ironic and inventive; they narrate their downfalls with manic wordplay, rampant metaphors, wisecracks, and escalating flights of spleen-fueled lyricism.
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I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.
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Tonight we send a message to our party that here in Illinois, there will be a new generation of Republican leaders and we will fight to provide a better tomorrow for future generations. We've made clear the status quo is no longer acceptable.
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Hot girls have so many options. Sitting at home alone any night of the week and searching the Internet for a dude is on zero hot girls' agendas. So they're definitely not coming after you.
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Writing is literally transformative. When we read, we are changed. When we write, we are changed. It's neurological. To me, this is a kind of magic.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.
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I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well.
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When I moved in, I said, 'I don't care how this makes me look or sound: I am converting one of these bedrooms into a shoe closet.' It's become more of a dressing room, but one wall is shoes in their perfect cubbies.
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Even when you are playing someone who is real, you get their mannerisms and you get their little quirks, but, it still has to be something inside of you that connects with the role, or else you will not be any good.
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I'm lucky to have a wife and a child that keep me grounded.
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Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation.
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I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.
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Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them too much.
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To go back means defeat.
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Being able to laugh is sexy in a man or woman.
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Wealth is not a pizza, where if I have too many slices you have to eat the Domino's box.
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I've never even been out of my BMI range. I'm 5-foot-3. If I gain five pounds, it shows.
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The greater the novel, the more it is apt to embody the special, non-replicable properties of the written medium.
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In many respects we have bought companies that are fundamentally strong, but have issues that we believe our management and our expertise can help resolve.
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One of life's fundamental truths states, 'Ask and you shall receive.' As kids we get used to asking for things, but somehow we lose this ability in adulthood. We come up with all sorts of excuses and reasons to avoid any possibility of criticism or rejection.
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I wonder if a single thought that has helped forward the human spirit has ever been conceived or written down in an enormous room.
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No wonder scoundrels find refuge in patriotism; it offers them immunity from criticism.
