Phil McGraw Quotes
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I think you can soften people's hearts, even if they have a lot of hate. Music can do that if it's beautiful and honest. If I can do that - soften just one person's heart - I consider myself successful already.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.
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Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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I think a lot of us feel the need to always be connected, and finding time to relax and sometimes play is something that I think we all need to make more time for, especially me.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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The Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's it, and people don't get a sense of who you truly are.
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The plastic bottle we're throwing away every day still stays there. And if we show that to people, then we can also promote some behavioral change.
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If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any.
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In the music world, concerts unfold strictly according to plan. But, as I'd been finding out, in the book world, things keep changing by the second.
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My attitude is there are at least hundreds of interesting startups that are going to get going in every year.
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Most parents' goal is to launch their children into the world with all the tools they need to make it on their own.
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In the world today, only a philosophy of eternity could justify non-violence.
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The most challenging thing is people do see me as a tennis player, but I've had a lot of opportunities because I am a tennis player. And I don't mind that.
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What I want people to do is what's healthy for them.
