Chris Parnell Quotes
To be a teacher you have to have a very giving, selfless personality. I don't think I'm that selfless and giving.
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A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.
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If you behave normally, people treat you normally. It's only when you act as if you're someone special that they feel obliged to stand on ceremony.
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California has the highest number of illegal immigrants residing in its borders. The estimated number of illegal alien residents in California was about 2.2 million, or nearly 32 percent of the total number of illegal immigrants in the United States.
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind.
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The regime is afraid of the people because it knows that free and fair elections will bring about its end.
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It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.
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When I started 'CNN,' I made the decision to stay out of endorsing candidates, and let the doers make up their own minds about politics, that it wasn't going to come from me.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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When you assume negative intent, you're angry. If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed. Your emotional quotient goes up because you are no longer almost random in your response.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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We will not import crime, terrorism, homophobia, and a brand of anti-Semitism that sets synagogues ablaze.
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I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
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Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.
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During my twenties and thirties, my interest in the political poem increased as my apparent access to it declined. I sensed resistances around me. I was married; I lived in a suburb; I had small children.
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'There is more joy in giving than in receiving.' Never doubt the truth of our Lord's promise that whatever we give him of our creativity, our resources, our persons, will come back to us in abundance.
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Maturity gives us jealous eyes. We look with jealousy on the younger woman because she doesn't know as much now as we do, and, oh, what we could do with our wisdom and her face.
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I've had three of my own children and spent my professional life thinking about children. And yet I still find my relation to my children deeply puzzling.
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All art began as sacred art, you know? I mean, all painting began as religious painting. All writing began as religious writing.
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To be a teacher you have to have a very giving, selfless personality. I don't think I'm that selfless and giving.
