D. B. Sweeney Quotes
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Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe.
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I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really.
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My youth held little forecast of a career in biomedical research. I was born on February 22, 1936, in York, Pennsylvania, and spent my childhood in a rural area on the west bank of the Susquehanna River.
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Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.
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When I first started in Malaysia, having a Muslim Malay girl singing and holding a guitar was new to everyone. Even Muslims there had issues with it; they found it weird.
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When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden.
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I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat as traitors to the American nation those who think differently.
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You are what you can prove you've done. That's how people judge you.
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Albert Grossman called my office and spoke with my partner Richard Leacock and asked if we'd be interested in making a film with his client, Bob Dylan.
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They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party.
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My stage name is actually my nickname given to me by my dad when I was a baby.
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I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
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I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.
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You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.
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I don't like denial. I don't like repression.
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The poor and minorities are disproportionately both crime's perpetrators and its victims. People are saddened when this happens but not surprised.
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One time, I pranked my sister: I put red solo cups in her room on her floor and filled them with water. Then I put string all over so you couldn't get anywhere.
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A lot of times, losing a fight is tough. In your darkest hours, I guess your true colors show.
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I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.
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Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.
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I try to come to Asia twice a year. I also go to Europe - to London as well as to France to see my family - four or five times a year.
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I try to keep a low profile.
