Betty Parsons Quotes
I'm so American that I had grandfathers who actually fought a battle against each other.
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We strivin' for perfection.
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IM is interesting because you look at your buddy list and, at a glance, see what your friends are listening to, what they're working on, what they're doing. The problem was that you were bound to the computer keyboard.
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I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.
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Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.
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Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.
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The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.
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Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.
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Bad ballplayers make good managers.
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For my parents' generation, the idea was not that marriage was about some kind of idealized, romantic love; it was a partnership. It's about creating family; it's about creating offspring. Indian culture is essentially much more of a 'we' culture. It's a communal culture where you do what's best for the community - you procreate.
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You have to be able to generate usable energy without greenhouse gas emissions, and you have to be able to do it cheaply if you want people to choose that approach. That means new technologies.
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I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, especially my bandmates.
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I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books.
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I know what it's like to go very fast on motorcycles. Those moments, they stay with you.
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The mud is cold when you're in the north of Scotland!
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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The Broadway audiences are very vocal and seem very engaged. For certain shows, especially with a show like 'The Heiress,' the audience's reactions sound like 'The Jerry Springer Show' sometimes. That seems to be a very New York thing. Oh, there's also the entrance round of applause here, which we don't get too much in London.
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The scenes of our life are like pictures done in rough mosaic. Looked at close, they produce no effect. There is nothing beautiful to be found in them, unless you stand some distance off.
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I think my parents had a hard time dealing with me.
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I don't care whether the story is real or fantastical. I tell the story that needs to be told.
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I didn't really grow up with any traditions. I grew up in a pretty liberal household in Southern California. I think that's part of my interest in thinking about heritage. I don't have a second language or cultural heritage in that way.
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Getting what you want doesn't make you happy, growth makes you happy, raising your level of consciousness. The problem with most people, they don't know what they want because they start at a very early age being programmed to think that they can't have what they want.
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I'm so American that I had grandfathers who actually fought a battle against each other.
