Philip James Bailey Quotes
The most common-place people become highly imaginative when they are in a passion. Whole dramas of insult, injury, and wrong pass before their minds,--efforts of creative genius, for there is sometimes not a fact to go upon.
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The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
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I'm like John Q. Public. I represent what every guy wants and needs.
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Back in the 1960s, I got a superb education for very little money. The bill for my first year at Harpur College in New York was a few hundred dollars.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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I won't give the credit to 'good fortune.' Whatever I have achieved is because of my hard work and passion.
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How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
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All I held against Jews was that so many Jews actually were hypocrites in their claim to be friends of the American black man.
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We had a tiny budget for 'The Greatest,' which was the opposite of 'Wall Street.' We just kind of went in and did it. You've got four or five takes and then you've got to move on. We didn't even have trailers to stay in or anything.
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Doing new stuff live is tough just simply because I pay my money, I stand in my seats, and I see the guys I love. And if I paid that ticket, there's a good chance that I'm there to hear the stuff that made me fall in love with 'em - we call it the 'old stuff.'
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A wise traveler never depreciates their own country.
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When I was 7 years old, I put on shows for everyone at my grandpa's funeral. I was always the little entertainer.
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I am not a politician by nature, but I will say I think there need to be more women in FIFA, and I would be open to having those conversations when the time is right.
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I'm an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness under any circumstance.
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I think a lot of people don't actually know me. They think, 'She's like this,' or, 'She's like that.' They say I have no emotions - I do, but you couldn't see them then. I had to keep them inside.
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It's a little difficult when something goes from being an utter obsession - a thing where your skill defines you as a person - to it just being a thing you occasionally do.
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I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.
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Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.
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You want to stand out and be unique and do something different. I always try to zig when they zag - I guess it's a football term, but it applies to a lot of different areas of life.
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What ultimately happened is that my country had a war. I think it would be extraordinary, as a writer, not to want to write about that.
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Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion.
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I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
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I have to chose my words carefully.
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A small house must depend on its grouping with other houses for its beauty, and for the preservation of light air and the maximum of surrounding open space.
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The most common-place people become highly imaginative when they are in a passion. Whole dramas of insult, injury, and wrong pass before their minds,--efforts of creative genius, for there is sometimes not a fact to go upon.
