Maureen Dowd Quotes
Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans.
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The voters of Colorado deserve honest, straight-talking elected officials.
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When something comes to my brain, I don't ignore it. You never know what it's going to turn into.
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Every year is beautiful, and I try to appreciate each moment in my career, but 30 was definitely one of my best.
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If we are going to have self-driving cars, the technical specifications should be quite precise.
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I'm very good about eating breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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Facebook is my life.
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Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.
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On Friday, June 12, 1992, 110 heads of state gathered at Riocentro. They were indistinguishable in dress and deportment. Where was biodiversity when we needed it?
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What's so wrong with feeling sorry for myself? Better that than trying to get other people to feel sorry for me.
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Next he will be foxtrotting down to the Tory party's fundraising ball, auctioning City internships for the children of the highest bidder. Is that not the Government's idea of social mobility?
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Where there is a lull of truth, an institution springs up. But the truth blows right on over it, nevertheless, and at length blows it down.
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The Internet is a computing platform built on top of core technology. Applied technology is what gets built on top of that: It's Web services.
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Violence against women and children resembles an epidemic. It has spread through society, sparing no social group or class.
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I can travel anywhere in the world and I can pretty much fit in.
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Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
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I didn't even know 'Vogue' existed when I was growing up.
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I certainly have never been an actor who can play the Everyman guy - or, I don't tend to get those parts. I've tended to play eccentrics. I've played a lot of villains, of course.
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A band is not a marriage. There are no oaths of allegiance. If you feel your life will be better served by splitting up the group, you've got to do it - but of course it does cause problems.
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I don't know many women who can relate to Sharon Stone and the kind of movies she does. I don't know a lot of guys who can relate to Tom Cruise's movies because they're on a kind of fantastic level.
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One fan asked me to sign their sock. That was crazy. They just took off their shoe and handed me their sock and asked if I'd sign it.
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Demand me nothing: what you know, you know.
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If there is no joy, ease, or lightness in what you are doing, it does not necessarily mean that you need to change what you are doing. It may be sufficient to change the how. 'How' is always more important than 'what.' See if you can give much more attention to the doing than to the result that you want to achieve through it.
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It's an excellent life. I'm rich. I'm happy. I have a great job. I travel hither and yon to fabulous places. I'm surrounded by wonderful, interesting people. I live a privileged life -- hugely privileged.... It would be absurd to pretend that it's anything different.
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Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans.
