Paul O'Neill Quotes
I'm not willing to say I want to return to private life because I'm too old to begin telling lies now.
Quotes to Explore
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Among the lesser effects of quantum theory are gaping holes in old ideas about causality.
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It became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality.
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The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.
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I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I grew up.
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Our present moment is a mystery that we are part of. Here and now is where all the wonder of life lies hidden. And make no mistake about it, to strive to live completely in the present is to strive for what already is the case.
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Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.
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I grew up with all these old jazz guys in the '70s in L.A., and they grew up idolizing Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Lester Young - all of these incredible musicians.
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Football has been everything to me since I was 10 years old.
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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A mistake that a lot of us have made, related to those who advocate for gun safety legislation, is that we try to process it through our legislative bodies, and that's where the NRA's strength lies.
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Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.
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I love the whole process for each new album. The writing, the touring, everything. For me, it never gets old.
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What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.
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Governance is complex, difficult, and on the whole, thankless - why ever should the Bright Young Things leave the management of their hotels, newspapers, banks, TV channels and corporations to join, like fleas on a behemoth, the government? Wherein lies the difference between the two worlds?
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Our cultural capital has changed tremendously on its way into the twenty-first century. Manhattan has been secured and sanitized; it's smoke- and trans-fat-free. In the boroughs, many of the old jungles have been cleared as well.
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Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written.
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You're only as old as you feel, and I feel pretty young. I've got one gear, and till it gets reversed, I'm going all out.
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I just want to make it clear that I have been working since I was ten years old.
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Whether we agree with them or not, politicians aren't for trusting. They are for getting done what can be done to make really horrible problems into plain old lousy problems.
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Fabulous place, Dublin is. The trouble is, you work hard and in Dublin you play hard as well.
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Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.
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The arts were a big part of my childhood. We went to the theatre and opera a lot as a family. We were not at all wealthy, but it was at a time when the arts were publicly funded and there were free tickets available. For someone like myself who wasn't that academically inclined, it was a great escape.
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In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family.
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I'm not willing to say I want to return to private life because I'm too old to begin telling lies now.
