Phil Robertson Quotes
Genesis 9 is where the animals went wild, and God gave them wildness. After the flood, that's when he made animals wild. Up until that time, everybody was vegetarian.
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I'm a capitalist but one who is smallist and localist, and who favours businesses where owners are still in charge.
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The business part of it can be very vexing. You always have to keep certain metrics and everything. Because all I can do is make a good show.
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By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.
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If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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I've done some music for films and I really enjoy doing it.
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In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks.
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I had a stalker break into my house a couple times. They didn't leave any fingerprints or take anything - I was being followed.
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When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.
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One person goes off and works in Houston the other person goes off to London and you're on the phone to each other and somebody is paying you to kiss somebody else. It's very bizarre being an actor.
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Many occasions I've sat down with Israelis to say, where do you see your country in 10 years time, and work me back, so we can figure out the synergies and the connections between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. No Israeli has ever been able to answer that question.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color page. Actual life is in color, but you keep reproducing it in black and white. You remove value. It's a bad thing to do.
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I am just a plain Jew; I mean have no training.
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Many novice writers try to avoid using 'said' by substituting synonyms: 'he uttered,' 'she murmured,' 'he questioned.' It's true that any word repeated too often becomes monotonous, but substitutions for 'said' can be worse than its repetition.
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A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
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Things have changed. Now it's not the outward appearance, it's the inward man that I'm trying to change. And that's the message I bring to the people.
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When you put your characters in a dire situation, they often do things that surprise even you, so you have to go back and revise your original conception of who they are.
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I write poetry on my iPhone. I've got about 100 poems on there.
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Wherever I go for the military, they always call me Lt. Dan. They just can't help it.
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I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.
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If you are fearful, a horse will back off. If you are calm and confident, it will come forward. For those who are often flattered or feared, the horse can be a welcome mirror of the best in human nature.
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All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success.
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Genesis 9 is where the animals went wild, and God gave them wildness. After the flood, that's when he made animals wild. Up until that time, everybody was vegetarian.
