D. B. Sweeney Quotes
More is asked of you on stage. It's no way to make a living. But it's like a bullfight. You find out who can do it and who can't.
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.
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I don't think I'm anti-Israeli.
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I think I'm a pretty well-kept secret.
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I love elephants! It's my favorite animal.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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Proposing inner-life solutions to our political and economic catastrophes is something done, say the critics, only by people who've spent more time in la-la land than in the 'real world.'
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I am passionate about what design can do - how far it can support the new ideas and the new ways of living of this 21st Century. Good design accelerates this exciting future where manufacturing is local, materials and processes are cradle to cradle, business models are both socially and financially driven.
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One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find to be outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting.
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I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!
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Call me Ildar! Call me Abra-ca-da-bra! My name is my name.
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I could find faults with all my albums because that's just a part of being an artist - it's hard being a human being, isn't it?
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With my friends in Brooklyn, many of them started out as artists. I saw many of these friends move into late middle age, still struggling without health insurance or a cushion. I saw people who had given up being artists. Being an artist necessitates a compromise or living on the edge.
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I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.
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Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical assumptions, which make it impossible to prove them right or wrong in the way we can with theories in physics or chemistry.
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Nothing comes without hard work. I've been taught that by many people growing up.
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Being a teen can be tough. Just try to surround yourself with really good friends that really have your back, and also be a really good friend to those who really care about you. If you're not sure about certain things, talk to your friends that you trust and your family.
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You should create a work that is so valuable it might eventually sell at a high price, but you've got to concentrate on how you create that artwork.
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I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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More is asked of you on stage. It's no way to make a living. But it's like a bullfight. You find out who can do it and who can't.
