Phil McGraw Quotes
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When I was a model, everybody was scrutinising me and I felt I had to go to the gym because my figure had to be fantastic. Now that I'm a singer, I've got a different kind of body – it's more athletic.
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The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art.
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I have a tweet that said, 'I want to be a Calvin Klein model,' and that was in 2011. And then I modeled for Calvin Klein. And then I had a tweet like, 'I wonder what it's like to be in front of thousands of fans,' and I've been in front of thousands of fans.
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I reject the insurance model. I think we should have a free-market approach to healthcare.
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Groupon's model: Getting the group discount rate first, finding the group second. The daily deal goes out and, if a minimum number of people sign up, they can all share in the group rate. Vendor gets customers, customers get a discount, Groupon gets a cut.
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You can get any film now basically for free, and that's where I think the model we're talking about is - if you give people what they want, how they want it and when they want it, they're more likely to pay for it.
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My only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth.
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I think the Miss Universe title not only gives me the opportunity to become a role model for Latina girls around the world, but to show that beauty isn't just about the outside.
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I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York.
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I definitely feel like kids do look up to me as a potential role model. It's an honor, but it can also be a burden. I may be on TV, but I'm also a teenager. I don't get it right every time. But I always do my absolute best to stay above board in every way. My fans inspire me to be a better person.
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I started to model because I thought I could use it as an excuse to others, like, 'Yeah, I'm tall because I'm a model.'
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All basic scientists who look to the NCI for funding should know that I will tolerate no retreat on the study of model systems and the pursuit of fundamental biological principles.
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It took a lot for me to be able to say that I'm a plus-size model or a model at all without feeling terror or this kind of panic, because it was something so unplanned.
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If I hadn't been a model, I couldn't have become a movie actress.
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Obviously I'm not a role model for impressionable youth.
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Lila can't be a model until she's at least 21. She is already a mini-me – it is scary. She already has her own beauty kit.
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Turkey is a model of economic and social development, especially in terms of human resources and regional cooperation.
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Guess what, I'm the opposite of a role model!
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I could not see myself going back into the studio without Tommy Dowd, our beloved producer who passed away in 2002. Then in 2009, Michael Lehman, my manager, really pushed me to meet with T Bone Burnett. I ended up meeting with T Bone in Memphis, and we hit it off right away; I knew he was a guy I could work with.
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My father realizes that he did okay with me. He did the best he could.
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I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it.
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The fact is that the economy is really posed for the kind of recovery that people can see and understand.
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As I said, it was inevitable, and I don’t let laws of nature upset me.
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Not everybody is some kind of media model.
