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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It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.
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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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What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.
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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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It is one thing to think gold has some marvelous store of value because man has no way of inventing more gold or getting it very easily, so it has the advantage of rarity. Believe me, man is capable of somehow creating more bitcoin... They tell you there are rules and they can't do it. Don't believe them.
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I think one of the things we've got to look out for is human beings claiming that they know how God operates.
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I was quite emotional when I finished my lap, but had to wait for other drivers to cross the line to hear whether I'd actually done it. It feels very special, but I acknowledge that the old master, Nigel Mansell, took his 14 poles from only 16 races.
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I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it.
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I don't really listen to the radio anymore, but some of the more contemporary people I like are Stereolab, Spiritualize, Yo La Tengo and Bedhead. There are other things too, like Pavement. They're a great band, with really good lyrics. But generally, I'm not overwhelmed by the state of indie-rock.
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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.
