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 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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If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete.
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Our plan is what the Scottish government had with the U.K. It's an agreement to consult over the independence of Catalonia. And we will not abandon this plan until the end.
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In Washington, I will never vote to raise taxes, I will fight to repeal healthcare reform, and I will work to balance the budget.
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Fashion is self confident and fearless.
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We’re thinking about other ways we can bring the organizations together. It was always intended that the UN, a political organization focused on justice and development, would work together with the financial organizations in order to make the world a better place.
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Sport is one way of keeping kids off their phones.
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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.
