David Macbeth Moir Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.
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I live alone, so I don't really talk to anyone once I'm home. I have some silent nights.
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Science fiction is what we point to when we say it.
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There will always be spies. We have to have them. Without them we wouldn't have got Osama bin Laden - it took us years, but it happened.
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Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
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Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
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I'm a Nietzschean scholar. I've read an immense amount about nihilism and existentialism.
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I'm an old-fashioned girl, and I didn't believe in living with people, so I guess I married for the wrong reasons at times.
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In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.
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I would trade all the individual awards I've won for a World Cup.
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Italian was my first foreign language. I speak it better than English.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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I'll put the Packers' best players on defense. It's best for a team and good for its morale.
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She told me that she would support me regardless of what I decided, but I'm so glad that I actually got to be a kid before having to grow up. My mom knows best about this kind of thing.
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Broader social concerns within Muslim communities, such as discrimination, integration or socio-economic disadvantages, should be treated distinctively and not as part of counterterrorism agenda, which has been counter-productive.
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You do what is manageable, and you do it well rather than trying to do a thousand things just a little bit OK.
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It's the subtleties of a ballad that truly make it beautiful - and it's all in the way you present it to the listener.
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Ford made some of the most progressive pictures.
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Actors, to a certain extent, never grow up, you see. It's an extension of being out in the back yard with a stick, only you're being paid to do it. It's borderline madness.
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A 'philosophical dictionary' is not a dictionary of philosophy that you use to look up obscure thinkers or recondite terms. It is a collection of brief and pithy essays on diverse topics, informed by one vision, and usually arranged in alphabetical order.
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The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
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It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
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If you're not smiling at yourself in the mirror, you probably need to check that the life you're building is aligned to the life you dreamed for yourself. And if you're not dreaming, you need to start dreaming.
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Look to the lilies how they grow!
