Merv Griffin Quotes
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I have 179 children that I take care of full-time: close to 40 in Uganda and the rest in Sudan.
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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In fact, many nations currently refuse to support embryonic stem cell research of any kind.
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The IT bubble is the IT bubble, and of course, we became a company that contracted dramatically in 2001 and 2002: we basically came down by 45,000 people - a dramatic ramp-down.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
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You don't want people rooting for anything other than the team that they love and the players that they think the world of to win. We don't want there to be another agenda.
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They're called 'angels' because they're in heaven until the reviews come out.
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I guess one that wouldn't be obvious is - well, maybe it's super obvious, I can't tell - 'I Love Lucy' is my favorite show, going back to when I was 4. I've watched every episode I don't know how many times. It was something to watch women being funny when I was young.
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I didn't have bands that I was playing with growing up, so I learned to try to adapt and play these songs that were guitar songs on the piano, and sing them.
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There are more people than you think who want to have a challenging experience, in which they are obliged to reflect about the past.
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Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
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My father and brothers were in the military.
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The requirements for our evolution have changed. Survival is no longer sufficient. Our evolution now requires us to develop spiritually - to become emotionally aware and make responsible choices. It requires us to align ourselves with the values of the soul - harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence for life.
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Take this as a gift from a crone to a maiden, and know there is not so much difference between the two. For even a tottering granddam keeps a portion of girlish heart, and the youngest maiden a thread of old woman’s wisdom.
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People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.
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I constantly make fashion mistakes but I think it's good to take risks.
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When I went to school at Emerson, I was completely charmed living there and loved the architecture of the Back Bay.
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In terms of role modelling for younger kids, I never really censor myself.
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Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage style that transcended the regional boundaries of our country and united a youth culture that eventually spread its message throughout the entire world.
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Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic.
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There was a point where there was a vision that we'll get to a certain age, and then we'll retire and be happy. Now that's like, that's being compromised every day. So I think we have to start living happy now and stop waiting for the forty years because by then you'll be so sick, you wouldn't enjoy it anyway.
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Just so you know, I'm a really boring interview. I hate doing them.
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Big, big movies are in 3D, but we haven't reached a point yet where that's just what a movie is.
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That my business success is equal to my personal life.
