Phil Donahue (Phillip John "Phil" Donahue) Quotes
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Microcurrent devices are actually really good because they stimulate the muscles, but I'm not a big fan of injectables. You don't know what they'll do to your face in the long run.
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I always wanted to be an actress. And it wasn't ego. I felt so little about myself, considered myself such a sparrow. Not just my size. I thought I was so plain... I did plays not to show off but because if I did that - I didn't realize it at the time - I would be somebody other than this person I didn't really approve of.
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I live for my work, apart from my family who come first. And I live to tell stories and pretend to be other people, it's something I've been doing since I was 3 years old. Maybe it's because I'm intrinsically bored with myself, and I find other people more interesting.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.
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I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.
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I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
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We'll support anyone who's doing something fresh.
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I learned early on that in the real world, the masks of tragedy and comedy adorn the proscenium of every life.
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At times, I've referred to Christ's miracles, and have said, 'Well, Christ multiplied the fish and the loaves to feed the people. That is precisely what we want to do with the Revolution and socialism.'
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I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?
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I started mountain-bike riding two years ago, which is much better than riding a stationary bike in the gym. Mountain biking is a total body workout.
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Genius is the talent of a person who is dead.
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When I first moved to New York, all I did was musical theater. That's what I studied at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Do you know the only value life has is what life puts on itself?
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I love the Kathryn Bigelow example: she didn't just do war movies - she did them better than other directors.
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Looking back now toward the startYou said you thought I'd lost my pathAnd I asked if you still considered love an artAnd you said "No, I think it's more a craft"And I just turned and laughedI just had to turn and laugh.
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I can't change the way I am … but if I offended you, good. Cause I still don't give a fuck.
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[On Paris:] I do not know any city so beautiful and you can be unhappy there and notice your unhappiness less, having the city to look at.
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Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.
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I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!
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You don't always do the same things you've done the night before. That's what makes playing live so interesting as opposed to being in the studio.
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In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history.
