Dennis Farina Quotes
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If there is something I am arguing, it is a critique of science. Science has consistently denied the existence of consciousness other than human. Only in the last 20 years do we have acknowledgement of animal feeling or culture or experience.
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Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.
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A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.
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Police are reluctant to label a murder as a possible serial homicide.
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You know, I do not know, I just want to date someone who makes me happy.
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To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource, communities have to offer more than just jobs.
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It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict, we must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own government with a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce its international laws and keep the peace.
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Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.
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President Obama's election has taught us to stop being paralyzed by excuses and given us a floodgate of hope. I'm more daring and going after things that I once thought were not possible.
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I was brought up as a normal kid.
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Why did I become a writer? Because I grew up in New York City, and there were seven newspapers in New York City, and my family was an inveterate reader of newspapers and I loved holding a paper in my hand. It was something sacred.
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I was a disadvantaged child from a non-educated family, yet I had the advantage of being in the company of great teachers.
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Guys don't like girls that throw themselves at them. That's something that I've learned.
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Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator.
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A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.
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O Light Invisible, we praise Thee! Too bright for mortal vision.
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The Soviet constitution guarantees everyone a job. A pretty scary idea, I'd say.
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Paris somehow lends itself to conceptual new ideas. I don't know why it is. There is a certain magic to that city.
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A strong, educated middle class is what made America the greatest country in the world.
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I get psyched about coming onto a Broadway stage every night. it's very exciting. You develop a kind of gratefulness for it when you spend months trying to get a job.
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Writing for TV entails saying every dumb idea that comes into your head to a room of people. And doing so with the confidence that it doesn't make you look like an idiot.
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No TV, no acting for me. I'm kind of a more behind-the-scenes kind of woman even though what I do is very public. I'm really low-key and I don't need to be the center of attention.
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I really don't think there's such a thing as an ex-policeman.
