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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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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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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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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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'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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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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There are managers who always say what people want to hear. I think that's not good.
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I do not stick to rules when cooking. I rely on my imagination.
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In the broad and sweeping sense which the use of the term generally implies, I am not a free-trader.
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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.
