Denis McDonough Quotes
Preventing radicalization that leads to violence here in America is part of our larger strategy to decisively defeat al Qaeda.
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I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.
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As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
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Best player I ever played against? I mean, I played against many, many good players, so I don't know who to keep. I would say Ronaldo the Fenomeno.
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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The attitude and identity that we want to play with doesn't change.
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How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.
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Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.
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The one thing I do know is that I'm the best Taylor Hawkins drummer there is, and that is all I can hope to be. And when it comes to music, musicianship and skill, there is no such thing as better or worse because so much is personal opinion, and I can see that now.
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Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
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Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue.
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My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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The existing U.N. can be found in the writings of early Communist leaders.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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Even though the society that Marx foresaw is far from being an historical reality, Marxism has penetrated so deeply in history that we are all Marxists, one way or another, even unknowingly.
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Although both of us were raised on Oahu, in Honolulu, my mother has always had fond memories of Maui; this was, after all, where she and my father, then penniless yet oddly optimistic newlyweds, honeymooned in 1969.
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I have a weakness for treating people's economic interests as their only interest, ignoring things like belonging and pride and the desire to send a message to those who ignore you.
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The sex was so passionate it bordered on violence. It was not vanilla. It was passion as suffering.
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Let us resolve by God's grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.
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Preventing radicalization that leads to violence here in America is part of our larger strategy to decisively defeat al Qaeda.
