Emo Philips Quotes
My parents were very protective. I couldn't even cross the street without them getting all excited, and... placing bets...
Quotes to Explore
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
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I like the mix of stuff I do. I love movies, but I also enjoy performing live and writing songs.
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The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.
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I travel a lot, and that makes it harder to date, but it also opens up opportunities for me to meet people where I wouldn't normally meet them.
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No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.
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This is one hell of a business I picked to be in.
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Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain.
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My candidacy is one that fits the district and fits the Mick Mulvaney-Jim DeMint philosophy.
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I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.
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The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity.
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There are a lot of bad films out there. There's a lot of bad architecture out there, and I think sometimes it takes a lot of time to begin to see what's really good. And I think what the test seems to be is, what really sticks with you. And what really becomes a part of your life.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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Eclecticism - every truth is so true that any truth must be false.
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The game of basketball is one thing, but the image of the game is another thing.
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I don't agree with boarding school. It's not something that I would do with my children, but I think it's something that kind of exists in England in a traditional way, and you do form very close relationships with the girls you go to school with. But it is a strange thing to live in an environment which is solely female.
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'Stay With Me,' for me, is my own personal anthem to the 'walk of shame...' that we've all gone through. It's the feeling after a one-night stand of not wanting that person to leave, even if you don't love them and don't even like them. It's about having that body next to you.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
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I think they should have a Barbie with a buzz cut.
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The fact is that when it comes to judgment as to what should be secret and what should not be secret, Julian Assange's judgment has been pretty good so far.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
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My dad, of course, like a lot of Asian parents, wanted me to be an engineer or doctor and never could understand why I would want to be a lawyer. And then, when I first said I wanted to run for office, he thought that was absolutely insane.
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I'm one of those people where, if I get a piece of advice from someone I look up to and respect, I'll really listen to it.
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My parents were very protective. I couldn't even cross the street without them getting all excited, and... placing bets...
