Phil Donahue (Phillip John "Phil" Donahue) Quotes
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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Politics has got too personal, too nasty, in Britain, as it has in America.
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'
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Part of what made 'The Bling Ring' such a fun, freeing experience was that we got to wear these really over-the-top clothes we'd never pick in real life - like for the nightclub scenes, we'd have on these really short, really tight dresses. But you know what - I actually learned how to walk in heels on that set!
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I'm liberal on every social aspect, probably. More liberal than people would even believe. But there's still some of that Texas in me, as far as the gun debate. I wish there were no guns; I'm all for gun restrictions. But I'm also of the mind-set, if nothing changes, I'm getting a gun.
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None of us takes amending the Constitution lightly. The plain fact is this amendment has been exhaustively studied and it really is time to act.
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What I love about Tadashi is that he isn't a designer that designs only for a double-zero. He designs for double-Ds, you know? Women of all shapes and sizes can wear him.
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Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.
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I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it's rainy and cloudy. It's just genetic.
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Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.
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Once an entitlement program has been created with millions of beneficiaries, it becomes almost impossible to repeal.
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When are you going to realize that if it doesn't apply to me it doesn't matter?
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The worst thing about being on the road is all you want to do when you get home is to stay home, but as soon as you get back, all the wife wants to do is go out because she's been stuck home all the time you've been stuck on the road.
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The voice has to be very clear at all times in order to convey the emotion.
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I believe in being an innovator.
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Ever since I was little, I've always liked to smash things.
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Yes, I was invited to make the sound environment at a booth of a huge electronic company, during the Hanover Industrial Fair in 1973. It was a job. Slightly good paid. But not as much as my producer then told the press.
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What I find, particularly with young writers and readers, is that they don't want complicated feelings.
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A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
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Faith is conviction without evidence, and sometimes even in the face of contrary evidence. In some quarters, this quality is perceived as a virtue.
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I don't care about the past.
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To a journalist, good news is often not news at all.
