Parker Conrad Quotes
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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I have nothing but love in my heart and everything I say is just an instrument for laughs.
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If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.
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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.
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Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid; you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story. You're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.
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I still enjoy doing the things I've always done, like going to a monthly dance party at a club downtown.
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I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.
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But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
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I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.
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The things I've really loved doing over the years most consistently are running and yoga.
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Lila is right, one writes not so much to write, one writes to inflict pain on those who wish to inflict pain. The pain of words against the pain of kicks and punches and the instruments of death.
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I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her and I think all of America has, about attention to detail and using fresh ingredients and making things beautiful and special.
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I cannot believe – and I say this with all the emphasis of which I am capable – that there can ever be any good excuse for refusing to face the evidence in favour of something unwelcome. It is not by delusion, however exalted, that mankind can prosper, but only by unswerving courage in the pursuit of truth.
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I have always been interested in religion, especially in forms of ecstatic religion, where people are touched directly by the Spirit and go completely out of themselves.
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It feels good to have people who support you and back you and believe in you.
