Philip James Bailey Quotes
Life's but a means unto an end, that end, Beginning, mean, and end to all things--God.
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When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.
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I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em.
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Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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There are charms made only for distant admiration.
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If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life.
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The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs - there are just more of them.
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For me to own land in Detroit, it was a badge of honor, and it was support for the city.
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If anyone can crack the publicity nut and figure out how to not come across hammy and contrived, I'd love to talk to them.
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Music has done a lot to enhance the emotions of sports. It's played in arenas. Whenever there is footage cut together they're always using music. And it goes together, you know.
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To return to the question of strategy...The Falkland Islands are unlikely to cause a major explosion.
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Vous savez, c'est la vie qui a raison, l'architecte qui a tort.
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Patience serves us against insults precisely as clothes do against the cold. For if you multiply your garments as the cold increases, that cold cannot hurt you; in the same way increase your patience under great offences, and they cannot hurt your feelings.
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'Nothing he said indicated that he was that angry. I mean, there’s a difference between angry and murderous. Isn’t there?''Less than you’d think.'
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The truth is that I have lived on an even keel. I don't go down, and I don't go up. I believe in living above the line. Above the line is happiness and love, you know. Below the line is all sadness and destruction and unhappiness. And I don't go down below the line for anything.
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Everybody's got a different sense of humor. It's just different styles.
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To expose the hardships experienced by children who are deprived of the right to attend school, Camfed has produced a series of films about educational exclusion. 'Every Child Belongs in School' provides a glimpse into the lives of children who have been forced by poverty to leave school at a very young age and take a difficult life path.
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Life begins at 40, and I'm living proof.
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You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.
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Between richer and poorer classes in a free country a mutually respecting antagonism is much healthier than pity on the one hand and dependence on the other, as is, perhaps, the next best thing to fraternal feeling.
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Life's but a means unto an end, that end, Beginning, mean, and end to all things--God.
