Maureen Dowd Quotes
It is men's worst fear, personally and professionally, that women will pin the sin on them.
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The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed.
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All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.
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I dig all kinds of competition.
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Some people collect vintage cars, I collect Birkins. The leather ones are £20,000.
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I think some people forget sometimes I do have to go to the grocery store; I do enjoy going out to dinner. I have to get my oil changed from time to time. I do all the normal things. I cut my grass. People kind of forget that normal part, that we do a lot of the stuff that everybody else does, but we all have our talents, and mine is in football.
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I actually opened for Chris Rock at the Funny Bone one time.
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My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed.
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An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
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It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed.
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Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.
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And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
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It is not easy for me to digest meat. I waste too much energy in digesting meat, and that's why I get my proteins from other products. I like beans and other legume plants very much. I need a lot of 'live' products such as fruit and vegetables.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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The joy of accomplishment is the greatest joy there is.
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Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.
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The biggest surprise for most people in dying is to realize that dying does not end life. Whether darkness or light comes next, or some kind of event, be it positive, negative, or somewhere in between, expected or unexpected, the biggest surprise of all is to realize you are still you.
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The plodding thrift and scrupulous integrity and long-winded patient industry of our business men of the last century are out of fashion in these "giddy-paced" times, and England is forgetting that those who make haste to be rich can hardly avoid much temptation and some sin.
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With men, the state of nature is not a state of peace, but war.
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It is men's worst fear, personally and professionally, that women will pin the sin on them.
