Dan Mathews Quotes
Most people, especially activists, recognize their differences with others rather than what they have in common and that leads to frustration more than persuasion.
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Both World War II and the subsequent Cold War gave America's involvement in world affairs a clear focus. The objectives of foreign policy were relatively easy to define, and they could be imbued with high moral content.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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Fashion is something which is non-lasting; it's ephemeral.
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I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.
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I take my work seriously.
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I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.
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I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.
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My co-founder Dylan Smith and I left our junior year of college to move to the Bay Area. To the horror of our friends' parents, we actually had two other friends drop out of college to work on the product. The four of us were just working non-stop growing Box.
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I went to Phoenix, Arizona for 'Angel Unchained,' and they'd hire the bike gang from Phoenix to be extras in the movie.
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Well, he doesn't make me laugh. I think I've got a fair sense of humour but I can't really see it in him. I've listened to his show on the radio on a Saturday morning, and that's a load of mince as well.
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I don't see my dancing or acting as two separate things. I don't define them separately, so I can't say one has helped the other, It's all the same thing. More than anything I love being on stage and performing.
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I had a lot of conversations with my family, my close friends, with my pastor, with God, and kind of came to a revelation that maybe I should be honest with myself about who I am and let that person - this woman who has lived inside me for my entire life - finally have an opportunity to live.
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When children start to speak they find their own voice by imitating the sounds around them. It would follow that bands do the same. Bands will find their own voice at some point.
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We don't have to sit by while Trump uses his enormous global platform to undermine our national security. We would love to be able to actually force Twitter's hand to live up to its rules, explicitly forbidding hate speech and encouraging violence.
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Forecasting by bureaucrats tends to be used for anxiety relief rather than for adequate policy making.
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Only a dad with a tired face,Coming home from the daily race,Bringing little of gold or fameTo show how well he has played the game;But glad in his heart that his own rejoiceTo see him come and to hear his voice.
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Two gay guys doing a beautiful duet - I think it would just be so powerful, you know.
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There's a difference between the parts that I play and who I am and who people think I am. There's quite a big discrepancy sometimes between those things.
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About the joys and the courage, I really don't know what other people think. I just know that I've never left Africa. I've lived there all my life. And one of the wonderful things, in spite of all the terrible things that happen in South Africa, is the way people continue to keep their dignity.
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I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
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Most people, especially activists, recognize their differences with others rather than what they have in common and that leads to frustration more than persuasion.
