Dana Carvey Quotes
I'm from the old school - you go where the power is, and you try to make fun of it. When it becomes off limits to say or do certain things without being brutalized or censored or whatever, it's unfortunate.
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I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested.
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In the end, I think the majority of Romanian society will understand that if we respect environmental protection standards, if we have benefits in taxes, royalties, jobs, we should do what all the modern countries in Europe and beyond are doing to take advantage of their natural resources.
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It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important.
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It is a remarkably easy thing to do, pointing out the faults of others and suggesting remedies or courses of action in an argumentative and pedantic sort of way, and I am still amazed that there are many people in the American media who are paid very big money to do this.
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Love has never failed. It has won every battle. And today and forever more it will go on undefeated. I'm also a very loving person.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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Amen is not the end of a prayer, it just gets us ready to go to the next level.
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By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
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I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
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I have had strange animals as pets all my life. I was shy growing up, and shy people tend to interact better with animals than people. Animals are direct, not duplicitous.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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I love my relationship with Coach Vermeil because it is one of the few genuine relationships that I have.
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I think that the Greeks were extremely ambivalent about the stories of Amazons: they found them both thrilling and rather daunting at the same time.
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I think it's dangerous to get into ideas of planning careers.
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Football is more important to me than money right now.
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I'm from the old school - you go where the power is, and you try to make fun of it. When it becomes off limits to say or do certain things without being brutalized or censored or whatever, it's unfortunate.
