John Delaney Quotes
With Washington already broken, the last thing we need is a left-wing version of the Tea Party.
Quotes to Explore
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The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism.
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The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
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Half of my closet is Barbie clothes - PVC skirts, cropped fuzzy sweaters, and velvet minis.
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I have to assume that everybody interprets a piece of art they're exposed to as if it's already perfect in its wholeness, without knowing any backstory.
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As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
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Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
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Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.
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This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.
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We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of frenetic consumption in our culture. We would have to change the role of money in politics and our political system.
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There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.
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I get so nervous before I go onstage - beyond butterflies!
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I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider.
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I wore U.S.A. across my chest in 1976.
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I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
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Since I was 10 years old, I knew I wanted to sail around the world.
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Are your people uncomfortable during meetings and tired at the end? If not, they're probably not mixing it up enough and getting to the bottom of important issues.
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Life is too short to be on a diet.
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The federal government has not been effective enough monitoring and surveilling bad guys.
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There have been a couple specific instances where I've felt like I couldn't survive without interacting with a certain person. I've been involved with some pretty manipulative people who have told me the same thought: that I can't live without them.
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I very rarely go back to do shows again. I'm done once I've learned the lessons I need to learn.
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The Irish always jest even though they jest with tears.
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I've seen my own blood and broken a few bones. I've been hit, which isn't an entirely bad thing, as at least you have a glimpse of the suffering endured by the people you are photographing. And in a sense, crumbling empires and war have been with me all my life.
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In the 1999 resolution regarding Taiwan's future passed by the Democratic Progressive Party, it is stated very clearly that any change to the status quo of Taiwan must be decided by the people of Taiwan through referenda.
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With Washington already broken, the last thing we need is a left-wing version of the Tea Party.
