John L. Phillips Quotes
It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut.
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Can you imagine being Leonardo Da Vinci in the 1400s trying to describe his ideas for machines that would allow humans to fly to the average person of his time? This is hundreds of years before the invention of electricity, the internal combustion engine, and many other things we take for granted today.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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What is important is for me to do my best work on camera. The camera is inches away from you and sees every micromovement of every muscle of your eye. And if you're not relaxed, the camera sees it.
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Sometimes when you finish a book, you don't know quite what you've got.
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Entrepreneurship is the very back bone of our country and what makes us great - we are a nation of founders.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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I always thought everybody else was better than me.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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I would say that 'Shake It Up' was a chance for me to do two things I really love: acting and dancing.
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A woman simply is, but a man must become.
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Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean, I'm pretty old. Almost everyone is younger.
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It's no surprise that I ended up in sportscasting. I lived this world with my father, Mike Storen. Dad was a sports executive for most of my childhood.
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I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.
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Why do we take pleasure in gruesome death, neatly packaged as a puzzle to which we may find a satisfactory solution through clues - or if we are not clever enough, have it revealed by the all-powerful tale-teller at the end of the book? It is something to do with being reduced to, and comforted by, playing by the rules.
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The more the soul knows, the more she loves, and loving much, she tastes much.
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Our people have proven their desire for continuing with reforms. We complete the march today with those who have an honest patriotic desire for more progress and reform.
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I think I still have that same drive and determination, the same curiosity and passion for filmmaking that I did when I first started. Every film brings with it unique challenges and experiences, and I approach every one with the same enthusiasm.
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I was going to France to do my masters and my Ph.D., but I didn't know how to say, 'bonjour.' You really feel like a baby, starting everything from scratch.
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I don't envy anybody else's career because I feel they've earned where they're at and worked hard. I wouldn't mind Jack White's gig, though. He does it all!
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One of my goals upon becoming Secretary of State was to take diplomacy out of capitals, out of government offices, into the media, into the streets of countries.
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My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.
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Macedonia's handling of ethnic relations and other issues is encouraging.
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It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut.
