Phil Collen Quotes
I never used to be into flowers and stuff like that but I do it for my wife all the time now, I'm really soppy with her.
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One of the reasons a strategist never sits in a stadium and gets caught up in the crowds - and never sits watching a debate in person - is because the vast majority of American voters watch these political events on television.
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When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.
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When you've heard one bagpipe tune, you've heard them both.
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I've been lucky because Hollywood can be harsh and try to pigeonhole you. I've done TV, films, and comedy, done it all... I think I'm spread out evenly among the film community. I've been lucky and keep working with great actors.
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You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.
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There is plenty of building material and more than enough manpower to make a decent home for every Cuban. But if we continue to wait for the golden calf, a thousand years will have gone by, and the problem will remain the same.
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As a child, I had the opportunity to meet the captain onboard a British Airways flight. It was so exciting to see the cockpit and controls. I was in awe of the captain, and he stamped my log book, which I still have to this day.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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As far as Irish writers being great, I think the fact that there have been two languages in Ireland for a very long time; there has obviously been a shared energy between those two languages.
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I'm more interested in the quality of the work than its medium.
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The war industry people are very together; they know exactly what they want; they don't even have to talk to each other. The peace industry people are just intellectuals who are very critical of each other... Unless the peace industry is powerful, we're always going to have war. It is as simple as that.
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It's definitely a necessity to make split-second decisions when you're doing gymnastics because things don't always go perfect.
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Chekhov is this poet of melancholy and isolation and of wishing you were somewhere else than where you are.
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I set a goal for myself everyday when I write - 10 pages a day - and it's much harder because I'm too dumb to turn off my Twitter and everything so it's always on and it's a real distraction. It's a major distraction.
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When a child shows up for school, and is not physically and mentally ready to learn, he or she never catches up.
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I thought, If I'm so afraid of a bikini, there's something wrong. And so I had to get back into one!
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The principle is that every member needs to represent their district.
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History develops, art stands still.
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I realized my calling was to use the arts and ministry to help young people.
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Nuclear power is cost-competitive with other low-carbon technology and is a crucial part of our energy mix, along with new sources of power such as shale gas.
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We must invest in and empower our state and local parties by creating effective field operations, an enhanced and advanced voter file, and a culture of collaboration between candidates at every level. Let's put the voters first.
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I've been approached many times to write all sorts of books about my past and my personal life. I get interest from people who want to do reality shows, and somebody just offered me a huge amount of money to write my spiritual memoirs. I'm just not interested.
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I never used to be into flowers and stuff like that but I do it for my wife all the time now, I'm really soppy with her.
