Phil Crosby (Philip Bayard "Phil" Crosby) Quotes
Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not.
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Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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What's become a big theme in my music is my dad as a narrative character. I never had the opportunity to understand our relationship in a more adult capacity. The unknown is great material for any creative outlet.
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Personality is everything that's false in a human: everything that's been added on to him and contrived.
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There was this cereal, and it had a special promotion with a CD inside the box that had a really simple music-making program on it. I got it, and that opened my mind to being able to make music on a computer and seeing all the different layers.
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I could scrape water off horses all day long. That would never get boring.
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In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.
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We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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We did 356 'Dallas' episodes between 1978 and 1991. The most memorable moment for me happened in 1980 when I got shot at the end of the third series. The rest is a blur.
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Britain is a textbook case of how growing inequality leads to economic crisis. The years before the crash were marked by a sharp rise in remortgaging and the growth of 0 percent balance transfer credit cards. By 2008 the UK had the highest ratio of household debt to GDP of any major economy.
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I had never been able to truly hate anyone who’d suffered, no matter what evils they’d done in the aftermath.
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As I continue to develop my relationship with Him, I have discovered that God is a nice guy.
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Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different.
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Quien se queda mucho consigo mismo, se envilece.
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I drove to Nashville a few times, met with some people and hung out, went to the Opry, and that kind of stuff. I made the decision - you've got to be present to win, so I packed it up and moved out here, and it's been great. It's been the best decision I ever made.
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You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!
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I never have a problem with the weight cut. My number one enemy is injuries because I train so hard.
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Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.
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DonorsChoose was conceived at a Bronx public high school where I taught social studies for five years. In the teachers' lunch room, my colleagues and I often lamented a problem that drained learning from students and creativity from teachers: a lack of funding for essential materials and for the activities that bring subject matter to life.
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I feel like every time I write a song, it feels like the first time I wrote a song. It's just as hard; it doesn't get easier, but that's why I love it: because it's a challenge every time. I also feel like I'm learning new ways.
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Nam ego illum periisse duco, cui quidem periit pudor. (translated by Thornton)
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Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not.
