Dennis Byrd Quotes
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Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the beginnings of hip-hop, I'm hearing it all from another borough in Brooklyn.
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To deal with what you have to deal with as mayor or president, there has to be an overriding psychological or professional or emotional gratification that would let you go through all the angst.
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Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from the government.
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There are some who complain that there is not enough food grain. But I put the argument that at the moment we use 2000 census population figures and require 50-55 million tonnes for distribution.
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Peruvian food is so simple yet amazingly flavored with their traditional spices.
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Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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My older brothers and sisters have kids and families.
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I can speak French, understand Gaelic and know my history. That's the training music has given me.
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Democracy is our commitment. It is our great legacy, a legacy we simply cannot compromise. Democracy is in our DNA.
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Singles, whatever. But selling a million albums feels like an impossible thing to do.
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It's funny to think that when you get done with an acting job, you're considered unemployed. There are definitely times when those checks don't last forever. I went to college at a private school, and I racked up quite a bit of debt. I was very slow to pay them back.
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I played softball for a few years growing up. Both my brothers played baseball.
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I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you.
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People always worry that buying tech products today carries a risk of obsolescence. Most of the time, that fear is overblown.
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Since I've had a son, I want to be around to see him grow up.
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The Olympics was a goal, and definitely, swimming in college was a goal.
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The longer you're on a show like 'SNL,' the less frequent the Google alerts become.
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I don't know if they were all functioning, but I did play in a bunch of bands.
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Never fight an inanimate object.
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If economists were to wait for careful studies before offering opinions about policy, we would never have anything timely to say.
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Being aware is a lot more than just reading a couple of news articles and talking about it on your preferred social network.
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If I wanted to make spy movies for the rest of my life, that would be one thing, but I don't want to just make spy movies.
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I think I would like to see more roles for South Asian performers that are more inclusive and part of the American Diaspora, the American tapestry, perhaps the way that African American and Hispanic roles have developed.
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See you little guys later.
