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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Do not deceive or be faithless even with your enemy.
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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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I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin.
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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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Speech has both an individual and a social side, and we cannot conceive of one without the other.
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Two days after returning from Montreal, I was training again, and I went on to win two more golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
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People say, 'Oh, to be the daughter of Picasso!' But it's not as extravagant as it seems. He was very special, very vibrant, but he was my father. I didn't have another.
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That's the terrible thing: the more one works on a picture, the more impossible it becomes to finish it.
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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.
