George McGovern Quotes
I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.
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And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage. If I'm away for a maximum of two years, I feel something's wrong.
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As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal.
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As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.
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I have my dad's shape. No booty.
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I don't even know how to define myself. I'm a person who writes. It's something I enjoy, and hopefully people enjoy it as well.
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All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.
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I love the Coen brothers. They're so brilliant, and they always surprise you in one way or another. 'A Serious Man' was awesome. I like stuff like that, that kind of throws you for a loop. It takes you on a journey that is unexpected.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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I'm a foodie. I enjoy it a lot, and contrary to what it looks, I eat a lot. My comfort food, of all things, would be southern soul barbecue.
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People think that Israelis are mean, evil people who only want to hurt Arabs all day.
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It's like that Simpsons joke - they're filming a cow in a movie and they go, 'OK, we'll tape a bunch of cats together to make a cow', and it's like, 'Why don't you just use a cow?'. For some reason that is novel - like, 'Oh, my guitar sounds like a piano and now if I can just get my piano to sound like my guitar'.
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In the future, I'd like to make jewelry and sell it under my own name. But right now, I've got enough on my plate!
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Long time ago, people would make the Bible, right? The guy said it, somebody wrote it down. And then if you wanted another copy of it, another human being wrote another one. It took a long, long time. Somebody created this thing called mimeograph paper and so you said, 'OK, we'll do it that way.' And so you could get three of them.
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Our comedies are not to be laughed at.
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We can win respect in the world only if we are strong internally and can banish poverty and unemployment from our country.
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I was falsely arrested twice, slandered and defamed.
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'Holy Smoke' is very brave because I don't think it's easy to watch.
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The bar is set pretty low if you want to be a hip, accessible conservative.
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I just write the stuff I want to at the time, what feels right for me.
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Your duty is, as ferre as I can gesse.
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I was totally romanticizing the idea of Los Angeles when the Doors, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young were hanging out there.
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At 17, I went away to Pau in the south of France for a few months to study domestic science - including cleaning windows with newspaper and water - while living with a Catholic family with 10 children.
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I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.
