Philip James Bailey Quotes
Obey thy genius, for a minister it is unto the throne of fate. Draw to thy soul, and centralize the rays which are around of the Divinity.
Quotes to Explore
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All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs.
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One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.
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I have no family to take care of and no children to pass wealth to.
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I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go.
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I was in prison with the assassins of the former president of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, who was killed in 1981. Those who weren't executed in that case were given life sentences, and two of those were with me in prison.
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Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.
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We need an unambiguous rule - a law - that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.
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The American president has a peculiar leadership responsibility to speak out for freedom.
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A suppressing person isn't critical. A suppressing person is a person who denies the rights of others.
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It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.
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I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.
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Love is a kind of warfare.
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I hope the BWF (Badminton World Federation) will seriously do something about the Olympic qualifying format or risk getting badminton dropped from the Games.
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Occasionally, you'll get a 'District 9,' a film that is politically charged, but there is nothing going on beneath the surface with a lot of horror films. They are not about anything.
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We love a good, hyped sound, but when it starts to sound insincere, that's when I lose interest. I hope that our music, even if it sounds polished, doesn't sound insincere.
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The Destiny of every Nation is bound to the Destiny of all Others.
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Acting is what I love to do. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I don't think of it as work. It's really fun for me.
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In all the areas within which the spiritual life of humanity is at work, the historical epoch wherein fate has placed us is an epoch of stupendous happenings.
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I write my music to minister to myself. I have enough sin and enough shortcomings and enough need in my own life that I don't need to write to evangelize to the "masses." But if someone else can hear my music and relate to it with the same need that I do, then I give God the glory for that.
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Each day is a surprise - and each day I learn something wonderful and new. Both in writing thrillers and in reporting the news, I work to change the world a little bit. I want readers - and viewers - to be surprised and captivated and even inspired.
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Obey thy genius, for a minister it is unto the throne of fate. Draw to thy soul, and centralize the rays which are around of the Divinity.
