J. Frank Dobie Quotes
The average Ph.D. Thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.
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The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power, to run the society with male priorities.
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I am an economist, not an astrologer.
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I've always wanted to work with Paul Newman. I had a couple opportunities in the past, and I didn't take advantage of it, so it was really fun to be working with him.
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I hate Valentine's day. It is a day for nothing but disappointment.
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I've done a lot of things in a business where you're lucky to stay alive, so when the time comes, I'll be happy to pass my knowledge along and help someone else.
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As children, our imaginations are vibrant, and our hearts are open. We believe that the bad guy always loses and that the tooth fairy sneaks into our rooms at night to put money under our pillow. Everything amazes us, and we think anything is possible. We continuously experience life with a sense of newness and unbridled curiosity.
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Being a writer - even a best-selling one - is usually not anywhere near as public as being a movie star, at least not when I'm out in 'real life' like this. Not that I don't use what fame I have, every chance I get, to help sell more books.
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I represent celebrities, but I am not a celebrity.
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I am a normal guy.
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I would be a terrible person to be in a relationship with because I'm either sleeping or at the theater.
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I have a special interest in children who have lost a parent or loved one in the line of duty as they served their country as a police officer, firefighter, federal agent or member of the military, but children all over the word need help and an opportunity to flourish.
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Frank Miller and David Mack are incredible artists.
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The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
Enhancing a woman's silhouette and enhancing a woman's beauty - both contribute to enhancing her confidence, so they're synonymous, really.
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I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.
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We are not saints, gods, spiritual human beings that we can sit and decide whether a film will do well or not. It is not in our hands.
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It isn’t at all a matter of being optimistic, but rather of continuing to have faith in the ongoing and literally unending process of emancipation and enlightenment that, in my opinion, frames and gives direction to the intellectual vocation.
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A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused.
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I'm very involved with all the executives at Televisa.
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In man or woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that ministers, And serves the altar, in my soul I loathe All affectation. 'Tis my perfect scorn: Object of my implacable disgust.
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There's a lot of people who don't understand the circle crops in England. Pure enigma.
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To me, ballads are special, because you can have a pop song that’ll be know for three weeks and then you’ll hear nothing else about it. Nobody else will record it and it’ll just be gone. But if you do a good ballad, it’ll be in the world forever.
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The average Ph.D. Thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.
