Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Quotes
The rules of Canadian engagement say that if we encounter a celebrity, we have to pretend we're not encountering a celebrity.
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
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I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.
Olivia De Havilland
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The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'
Taylor Hanson
Hanson
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There were so many groups that I had in college, but I was always the solo singer. But what made it so unusual back in the day was that I was a black girl playing with all these white musicians, and I was also singing rock music on top of it.
Natalie Cole
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When incomes and bonuses decrease, revenues falter, and businesses stumble, it's more important than ever to give - not necessarily more, but in a way that matters more. When incomes are down and wallets are stretched, the effectiveness of our giving is what really counts.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
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In literature, the ghost is almost always a metaphor for the weight of the past. I don't believe in them in the traditional sense.
Tabitha King
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I believe... we were told that the 'Bluetooth AirPods', whatever they are, can be used on anything that supports Bluetooth audio.
Walt Mossberg
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When I first came out, like a lot of the artists at that time, I had a very polished, very overproduced sound.
Taylor Dayne
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Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got accustomed to living. The next generation has to take that stand for whatever it is, socially, that they are involved in.
Octavia Spencer
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If Christ came back tomorrow, He'd have to change planes in Frankfurt. Modern air travel means less time spent in transit. That time is now spent in transit lounges.
P. J. O'Rourke
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The thing about happiness is that it doesnt help you to grow; only unhappiness does that. So I'm grateful that my bed of roses was made up equally of blossoms and thorns. I've had a privileged, creative, exciting life, and I think that the parts that were less joyous were preparing me, testing me, strengthening me.
Lana Turner
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Every story of conversion is the story of a blessed defeat.
C. S. Lewis
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No more stress, now I'm straightNow I get it, now I take time to thinkBefore I make mistakes just for my family's sake part of me left yesterdayThe heart of me is strong todayNo regrets I'm blessed to say that old me dead and gone away
T.I.
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I get bored of carrying the same bag often. So, I end up buying more.
Anita Hassanandani Reddy
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To say it very honestly, removed from ego, standup is just a thing that I understood, a God-given ability.
Jerrod Carmichael
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When you're onstage in theater, if you mess up a line, there's no 'Cut! We'll get it again.' It's full steam ahead.
Jerrod Carmichael
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The shark is the apex predator in the sea. Sharks have molded evolution for 450 million years. All fish species that are prey to the sharks have had their behavior, their speed, their camouflage, their defense mechanisms molded by the shark.
Paul Watson
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I played basketball to try to get my parents from working so hard.
James Worthy
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There are more than enough people with serious mental issues who really do need professional help without all the other Toms, Dicks and Harriets rushing to the therapist's couch.
Mariella Frostrup
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As an actor, you act in order to make a living. Then, when you can make a living, you start acting because you want to do what you love to do. I need to remind myself of that a lot.
Ty Simpkins
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
Randeep Hooda
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So those of us who believe in democracy, we need to speak out forcefully, because both the facts and history, I believe, are on our side. That doesn’t mean democracies are without flaws. It does mean that the cure for what ails our democracies is greater engagement by our citizens - not less.
Barack Obama
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To Catholic, Orthodox, and some Protestant Christians, communion involves partaking of the physical real presence of God in the bread and wine of the Eucharist. By contrast, the Torah draws the Jew into engagement with God's infinite mind. Torah learning is the definitive Jewish mode of communion with God.
Meir Soloveichik
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Despite his deeply-held ideology, Reagan was willing to talk to Gorbachev. He willing to do business with him. We should realize that engaging with adversaries is often one of our great strengths. As long as we use the engagement to stand up for the things we care about, there is no harm in talking.
David Hoffman
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The rules of Canadian engagement say that if we encounter a celebrity, we have to pretend we're not encountering a celebrity.
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee