Phil Donahue (Phillip John "Phil" Donahue) Quotes
I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana.
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All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
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Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.
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Nowadays, there are seven music directors in one film. I had never heard of such a thing before. If one of our old music directors was told to share a score with others, he would have left the assignment.
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If I read a scary story in the newspaper, I find I'm haunted by it.
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I'm never doing anything by rote. I'm only on thin ice, and I think that that's a good place to be. I feel like when you push yourself like that, the rewards can be pretty great.
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I'd visually have that idea. I'm diving off the end of the diving board. I'm not going to be worried about if I'm going to dive into a jellyfish or the water's going to be too cold or the boys are going to beat me. I'm just doing it. And if I do it, it's a good chance I'll make it.
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I'm competing with myself first, as my aim is to improve my performance in every film.
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Role models can inspire. Campaigns can motivate. But if we want all girls everywhere to rise up, then we must find them, befriend them and support them.
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Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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Eight o'clock is hard no matter what network you're on because people have to make a decision to sit down and start watching TV. Every other time slot is a time slot that happens after someone's watching something else.
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The Islamic tradition does show some areas of apparent incompatibility with the goals of women in the West, and Muslims have a long way to go in their attitudes towards women. But blaming the religion is again to express an ignorance both of the religion and of the historical struggle for equality of women in Muslim societies.
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The good thing about being an actress is that it's very children-friendly. I can work for three months, and then I can have six months off.
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As I always like to keep in mind about everything: Don't fight the trend.
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You've always got to have the right blend of colour. You'd be silly to match a yellow t-shirt with a light green pair of trousers, you know? You can wear different colours at the same time, and as long as they blend with each other then it works. That's what I like.
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I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.
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I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.
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Is it hard for the reader to believe that suicides are sometimes committed to forestall the committing of murder? There is no doubt of it. Nor is there any doubt that murder is sometimes committed to avert suicide.
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I fell in love with Rwanda the moment I saw those verdant, rolling hills rise up beneath the wings of the plane as we descended toward Kigali airport.
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You have got to field well. If you don't bat well, you can still make a difference by fielding well. There are times I have played games just because of my fielding.
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I just don't know that we're as filled with hate as cable news leads us to believe. It's hard to hate up close.
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I am not interested in producing fiction for Indian television at all, the reason being that I don't understand the medium. I can be a judge or a host; I can do that as an individual. But to produce TV content, you have to know the game.
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I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana.
