Philip Greenspun Quotes
The real challenge of being a flight attendant is getting people out. The training requires that they demonstrate they can evacuate an aircraft within 90 seconds, but of course, a lot of stuff that is easy to do in training turns out to be tough in practice.
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I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
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Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
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By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
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I didn't want to give up my Illinois driver's license and was unaware that was a crime. It is, by the way, in the state of California. Lesson learned. I technically broke a law, so technically I deserve whatever I get.
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I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
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Inevitably, I think the people that want to work with me are also the people that I want to work with.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'
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We are in favor of greater free markets.
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Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
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When you write for a comic series, many superheroes have 60 or some years of history that you are coming into.
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I'd rather play a tune on a horn, but I've always felt that I didn't want to train myself. Because when you get a train, you've got to have an engine and a caboose. I think it's better to train the caboose. You train yourself, you strain yourself.
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I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it. I am trying to play catch-up now.
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I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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I don't remember a time that I didn't know how to play the guitar.
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If you're a fan of auteur filmmaking, I'd say get yourself invested in some really good TV shows.
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Quiero hacer contigo lo que la primavera hace con los cerezos.
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There are 80 jobs in which women earn more than men - positions like financial analyst, speech-language pathologist, radiation therapist, library worker, biological technician, motion picture projectionist.
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I love literally every animal.
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The real challenge of being a flight attendant is getting people out. The training requires that they demonstrate they can evacuate an aircraft within 90 seconds, but of course, a lot of stuff that is easy to do in training turns out to be tough in practice.
