Danny Lyon Quotes
I wanted to change history and preserve humanity. But in the process I changed myself and preserved my own.
Quotes to Explore
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Why do elites hate the poor? It's xenophobia. They don't know any poor people - except their off-the-books Brazilian nanny and illegal immigrant cleaning lady from Upper Revolta who don't speak English.
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I don't like possessions.
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I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.
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Oh yah, I'm definitely an old rocker.
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Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our discontents.
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The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost.
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We take a lot for granted as second wave feminists, what our mothers and aunts did for us.
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Make-up is an extension of your clothes.
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I'd like to win an Oscar.
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Will Generation X and the Millennials do a better job running the world than the boomers have? Let's hope so.
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It's the way tenure works, together with dismissal protections that tenured teachers have, that no other public employee has, which makes it almost impossible to remove a grossly ineffective and incompetent teacher or, in some cases, even an abusive teacher.
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You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.
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I'm very sad 'Life' wasn't a big hit, But it was undone by politics at NBC. It was intense. I moved my wife, and we had two children back to back. So working those hours and living abroad in L.A. was a handful. But it was a great experience.
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I am angry when I hear things like Cheney whispering into Bush's ear on the way to Obama's inauguration to ask him to pardon 'Scooter' Libby and not to 'leave a soldier on the battlefield'. What kind of metaphor is that for his petty partisan views, when you have men and women giving the ultimate sacrifice? I have nothing but contempt.
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I am very patriotic and grew up in a house with football fans.
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Siempre me fue más fácil amar que elogiar.
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I think extreme heterosexuality is a perversion.
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Writing is very cathartic for me.
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Common aim is stronger than blood.
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'Falling Skies' is not just about aliens attacking. It's also about humanity, survival, hope and the determination to rebuild our world, starting from pretty much nothing.
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Part of our essential humanity is paying respect to what God gave us and what will be here a long time after we're gone.
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I like characters with character, not just pretty faces. Anyway, I think people can be both grotesque and beautiful at the same time. Look at Mick Jagger in the seventies. Look at Angelina Jolie.
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'I don't keer w'at you do wid me, Brer Fox,' sezee, 'so you don't fling me in dat brier-patch. Roas' me, Brer Fox' sezee, 'but don't fling me in dat brier-patch,' sezee.
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I wanted to change history and preserve humanity. But in the process I changed myself and preserved my own.
