Sally Phillips Quotes
What having a Down's syndrome child isn't - and I feel very strongly about this - is a tragedy. All those pregnancy books you read when you are expecting refer to Down's syndrome as if it were the worst possible outcome, and it's not.
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Folks have to pin me down because, for one thing, I don't have a laptop. I don't have an iPhone, and I refuse to carry them because they're immensely hackable.
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The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.
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I cannot turn down this incredible honor twice.
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You can't have an up without a down, a right without a left, a back without a front - or a happy without a sad.
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It takes three to make a child.
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Jews are not part of a European ruling class imposed on helpless natives, but are caught up in a tragedy in which two peoples are struggling for the same piece of land.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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But Eraserhead was the first real intense kind of thing I had ever done before the cameras and Lynch had to really bring me down a lot and he still does.
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Instead of personal security, citizens are afraid to walk down the street in Jerusalem.
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Since I was a child, I have had this feeling that the most important work I'd do would be with my family.
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The angel of mercy, the child of love, together had flown to the realms above.
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I know people talk about poverty and other factors, but there is very little I can do to ensure that a child has a stable two-parent home. But what if we can give them a shot in the classroom with a stable, high-standards environment?
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I lived near Arthur's Seat when I lived in Edinburgh. It was the perfect playground as a child. I always have a wee run up there when I'm back.
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Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room. For most, meals were informal, a kind of rolling refueling; often only the men sat down.
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The cry of equality pulls everyone down.
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Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.
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I have my own studio down in Miami.
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For me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine.
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I don't really do that whole 'single life' thing. I'm kind of heads down and get things done.
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Your pain’s become the only light you know. You want to punish yourself. You think your life has to be a tragedy.
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I read that a lot of people think Im gay. I dont care. My boyfriend and I are not really phased by what people say.
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I am interested in the way advances in medicine and palliative care mean more people now have the opportunity to plan their own deaths, and also plan for those who are left behind. What does that do to the grieving process?
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Which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? The White House by the script.
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What having a Down's syndrome child isn't - and I feel very strongly about this - is a tragedy. All those pregnancy books you read when you are expecting refer to Down's syndrome as if it were the worst possible outcome, and it's not.
