Philip Greenspun Quotes
If I'd had more time or been a better writer, I would have tried to put the same ideas and experiences into a novel. But I didn't so I slapped it up on the Web.
Quotes to Explore
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I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.
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I've always wanted to be Batman, but I don't naturally tend towards Batman. I tend towards Robin, but I did get to play Superman.
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Israel, in general, should learn from other nations. We have a tendency to teach the world. In many cases, we should learn from the world, because they make advances.
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I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.
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Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard.
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It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.
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The fact is that in too many communities in cities in Britain gangs now have become completely rooted into these communities and they destroy them around them.
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A woman simply is, but a man must become.
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I try and groom myself, be it through fitness or dance.
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My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
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Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.
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When you strengthen women, you strengthen the world.
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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal.
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Perhaps, once I am gone, the one thing I might be remembered for is having sung a great deal of Mahler with a great many phenomenal conductors. It is wonderful music, very spiritual.
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One big, glaring difference I can think of between Iraq and Vietnam is the news coverage. During the Vietnam War era, you had TV coverage of the war saturating the airwaves every night, and that coverage wasn't put through a military filter at all.
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In order not to end up like the masses out there who are merely wandering and unsure of their goals and dreams, your objective must be clear. When your purpose is clear, your life will have meaning.
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Agriculture looks different today - our farmers are using GPS and you can monitor your irrigation systems over the Internet.
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If I'd had more time or been a better writer, I would have tried to put the same ideas and experiences into a novel. But I didn't so I slapped it up on the Web.
