Phil Crosby (Philip Bayard "Phil" Crosby) Quotes
Quality is free. It's not a gift, but it's free. The 'unquality' things are what cost money.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.
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My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men.
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CGI has fully ruined car crashes. Because how can you be impressed with them now? When you watch them in the '70s, it was real cars, real metal, real blasts. They're really doing it and risking their lives. But I knew CGI was gonna start taking over.
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When you've got kids, you turn into Mom, and that's it.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I very rarely lost - then everything would go crazy.
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I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady.
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I think Hollywood wants to be safe. The things you do first become your calling card, and I think people just sort of go, 'Well, we know he can do that.' They kind of put you in that hole.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead.
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It got so bad that by the time I was graduated, the only reading I did was in order to get the grade and the only writing I did was in order to get the grade.
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The magic of creation has always fascinated me.
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My last book, 'The Language of Flowers,' I wrote completely on naptime, when my little kids were asleep.
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One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels at the store. Brevity is very important. If you're going to be longwinded, it should be for a purpose. Not just because you like your words.
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Making a book is such a big enterprise.
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If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.
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Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious.
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Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
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I remember finding 'Harold and Maude' strangely erotic. I've always had an octogenarian fetish.
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Quality is free. It's not a gift, but it's free. The 'unquality' things are what cost money.
