Betty Parsons Quotes
We are born in the world because we have to learn something through whatever we're born into. Although it might be awful. That's why it's an illusion to think that we really run our lives. We don't.
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Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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I'm an honest, open father.
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In reality, serial killers are of average intelligence.
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It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life.
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The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously.
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If I were to pray in Arabic, I'd pray to Allah. If I were to pray in English, I'd pray to God.
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I would never recommend losing on a bye, so that one definitely stays with you.
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What makes America special is that people come here, assimilate and become American with all of the rights and responsibilities citizenship bestows.
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I am undeniably afraid of the dark!
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Albanians are a nation of freedom fighters who know something about living under oppression.
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In army, I went to Kashmir and did well, which was a challenge. In sports, I went to Olympics at a time when no one believed that we can actually win. Coming into politics was also a challenge as I wanted to push the youth to achieve gold in various fields of life.
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I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't.
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I was thinking 'Love Story', obviously, was a romantic film of that time.
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The world changes, but I want that change to be necessary or respectful of what has happened before. Everything changes, and that's quite right.
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I was not only typecast as a Russian, but I was typecast as Yakov Smirnoff. This is understandable, and I was very happy to get the roles, but it would be nice to be in a movie where I could be someone else.
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I've often felt I've been born out of my time, and when I started Fairground Attraction in the 1980s, I wanted to be a 1940s jazz singer.
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My faith was started off by my grandmother and mother, and so I always saw it as a very private, personal thing.
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I hold all of the songs that I have had the pleasure of recording and performing in high regard.
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When you have a book out, it's like a period of protracted or concentrated megalomania, and it's really not normal or good for you or any of that.
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I think I intimidate hecklers because I weigh more than most of them.
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I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something I wanted to be. An outfielder was something to be. Most of what I know about style I learned from Roberto Clemente.
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We are born in the world because we have to learn something through whatever we're born into. Although it might be awful. That's why it's an illusion to think that we really run our lives. We don't.
