Maureen Dowd Quotes
Afghanistan is more than the 'graveyard of empires.' It's the mother of vicious circles.
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The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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You can de-select the songs that you don't want to have on the record, but I hope we always put something out that has a lot of songs that the majority of people will love.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!
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Ethel Merman would stay with a show for years and tour with it. So would Mary Martin, the great stars. They recognized the value of that success and nurtured it. Now, you come from Hollywood, you play 12 weeks and go away. I don't think that's the best policy.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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Fans can never accuse R. Kelly of doing the same thing; I keep mixing it up.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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Everybody has a story... and a scream.
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After Madrid, we intensified our investigative efforts once again, and we are in the process of bringing about expansions in security laws and creating an index file system.
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It ain't over till it's over.
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The 3-point shot has created a situation in the game akin to 'Lotto' fever.
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I read my first P.G. Wodehouse when I was 12.
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The Bureau doesn't have any secret files.
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Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system.
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So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it.
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It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.
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When I did 'Bumble-ardy,' I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did 'Bumble-ardy'. I did 'Bumble-ardy' to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does.
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'This is our Smeg fridge, the whole house is made of Smeg. We're made of Smeg, aren't we, Roy?' 'Yes, dear.'
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I have to remind myself constantly that people actually want to hear the music I've made; that's hard for me to digest. I think a live audience is the only tangible evidence you can have that your work is making an impact. It's really humbling.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply religious and my mother was not.
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Afghanistan is more than the 'graveyard of empires.' It's the mother of vicious circles.
