Fulton J. Sheen Quotes
Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it.
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My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.
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If the interview was done in the studio, Frank McGee would automatically do it. But if I went out and got it, then the interview was mine. So I was considered a pushy cookie, because I would get the interview.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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Nobody has said to men, 'It is OK if you want to be a full-time dad; find a woman who will support you.'
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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Texans deserve better than failed leaders who dole out favors to friends and cronies behind closed doors. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future. It's time for a governor who believes that the future of Texas belongs to all of us.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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We got to know the competition very well. In the '50s popcorn made a big growth in sales. Our main push was to produce the best quality and sell in quality retail outlets.
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I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now.
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The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.
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I'm in favour of religion as a tamer of arrogance. For a Greek Orthodox, the idea of God as creator outside the human is not God in God's terms. My God isn't the God of George Bush.
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My senior year of high school, I got into UCLA, but my family couldn't afford it.
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I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am.
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I sang in a reggae band. And then there was a soul band where I sang back-up vocals and some lead. And I was also in a women's a capella group. And I was in the gospel choir at school. Actually, I've always been in choirs. Or some kind of group. Just because I love singing so much. But I truthfully never thought of it as a career.
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I don't even like to go out onto the streets sometimes because I can't get anything done. People want pictures and autographs all the time.
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As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
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I go every year to the Huvafen Fushi in the Maldives and it's spectacular.
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Who knows ... we'll be playing Jazz and having a good time!
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Often women are pitted against each other for an easy joke, so they fight or steal each other's boyfriends. That's not really true to life.
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I've got a soft spot for true individuals.
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Science is the most durable and nondivisive way of thinking about the human circumstance. It transcends cultural, national, and political boundaries. You don't have American science versus Canadian science versus Japanese science.
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Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it.
