Betty Parsons Quotes
My husband wanted me to be a typical socialite. We never agreed on anything, so finally we decided it wasn't going to work.
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I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
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The reasons kids get into trouble in one way or another is because - Who ever told them they were special?
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I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject.
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I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.
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It's just incredible how people come up to me and say, 'Gabby, you inspire me to do anything I can set my mind to.' It's truly an honor.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to the space allowed to you. And the space is limited because of some other constraints that have to do with money or printing or whatever.
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I put on whatever is comfortable on me. Suit, jeans and tee as long as it's comfortable. It doesn't matter what brand. If it looks good I buy it.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.
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I love listening to pop radio.
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I love Chicago. It's one of my favorite cities, hands down.
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Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in a poetic way.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
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Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
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Happiness is not that easy to achieve, but having a handsome husband, a beautiful baby, and a great job helps.
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Sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.
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The Republican Party I grew up in was a Republican Party of family unity.
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It is not necessarily those lands which are the most fertile or most favored in climate that seem to me the happiest, but those in which a long struggle of adaptation between man and his environment has brought out the best qualities of both.
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What is it worth to possess the riches of the world, when a man comes to face Eternity?
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My husband wanted me to be a typical socialite. We never agreed on anything, so finally we decided it wasn't going to work.
