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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Computer modelling for weather forecasting, and indeed for climate forecasting, has reached its limits.
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And I thought my loss my loss was not, certainly, the end of the world, but to lessen the enthusiasm of those young people who were signed up, I thought that was tragic.
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I think the Internet was the saving grace for Public Enemy. Before that, travelling the world saved Public Enemy.
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And I said, 'Why not? It's the truth! Why can't I say I'm a Beatles fan?' I used to get criticized for that.
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I believe that the free enterprise system is the greatest engine of prosperity the world's ever known.
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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.
