Daniel Baldwin Quotes
I'd just turned 50, weighed 285, and my doctor had read me the riot act about my health.
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The magical and fantastical isn't something I'm uncomfortable with in books, and I chafe slightly at the idea that a purely realist novel somehow has more value.
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I just write what I think is funny. I don't care who watches it.
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Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist.
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It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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The old bastions of the post-communist regime collapsed before my very eyes. The monsters who had kept Ukraine in a criminal state left the stage.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.
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Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.
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The only prejudice I've found anywhere in TV is in some advertising agencies, and there isn't so much prejudice as just fear.
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I'm a world expert on superhero comics. I think maybe only Michael Chabon knows more than me.
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I don't hide my being Israeli. I say it in every interview. I put out a record with songs in Hebrew. The people who signed me have no connection to Judaism or Israel.
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Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.
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I'm a huge advocate for human rights and cultural rights. I stand up for minorities and will always continue to do so.
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I would argue that you're only going to get the conservatives, particularly a Republican House, to pass immigration reform if we, as conservatives, are reassured that the border is controlled and that we get to vote on whether the border is controlled.
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It should be if you're a good singer and a good songwriter, you should have your spot. You get everybody trying to release the prettiest guy, but that doesn't mean they're the best artist. Most of the time the true artists are just normal old dudes.
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I really am a woman at peace.
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A car is a killing machine. It's like waving a loaded gun. People don't realise how dangerous they are.
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However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights.
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To see her is a picture- To hear her is a tune- To know her an Intemperance As innocent as June- To know her not-Affliction- To own her for a Friend A warmth as near as if the the Sun Were shining in your Hand.
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I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority.
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Every time you revisit a book, you get something else out of it.
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It is important that politicians defend their ability to act without fear or favour, and it is in the public interest that they hold ministers and public servants to account.
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I'd just turned 50, weighed 285, and my doctor had read me the riot act about my health.
