Dana Milbank Quotes
Living in the capital, I worry about terrorism, but I no longer panic. For this I have my child to thank.
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Who said that artists should sell their soul, expose everything about themselves?
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That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well.
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Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture.
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I've actually done a lot of comedy.
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The horror genre is my personal favorite. But then again, I was the kid who read coroner books for fun.
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I'm not politically correct.
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At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.
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'The Larry Sanders Show,' it's actually about love, which would sound like a paradox at first. But if that love didn't exist, the darker attitudes would not play. You would have a one-dimensional, cynical show, which I don't think the show was.
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I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to be the most optimistic person.
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Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children.
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When you work in television, you're in the writer's room all the time.
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All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art.
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Future historians trying to determine what it was like to be alive in fin de millennium America should read the last two decades of O. Henry and Best American short-story collections.
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Pakistan is alarmed by the rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, and fears that an Afghanistan cleansed of the Taliban would be an Indian client state, thus sandwiching Pakistan between two hostile countries. The paranoia of Pakistan about India's supposed dark machinations should never be underestimated.
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I love playing odd roles.
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I sort of fall apart in terms of stamina after about 25 minutes!
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I didn't want to be an accountant; I found myself being a banker, which was a bit different. I went to university, and I was going to do a Ph.D. in the States, but I didn't get the funding for it, so I had two years where I had a bit of a wobble and didn't really know what I wanted to do, and I ended up working as a banker.
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Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.
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Those edges and turns teach control and discipline, just like finger exercises on the piano.
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The next time a former child star is in the news, look at the age at which he or she started performing. Then imagine making a life-changing decision at that age. Chances are good he or she wasn't the one who made it.
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You're being mean to someone who's helping you. What is that? Everyone knows who the assholes are, and I avoid them.
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I have spoken to all of them who are living. I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances.
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Living in the capital, I worry about terrorism, but I no longer panic. For this I have my child to thank.
