M. William Phelps Quotes
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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Israelis want peace and security, and Palestinians want peace and justice - these are two very different things, and this is the real gap we have to close.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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When I was a kid, I would make kung fu movies with the kids in the neighborhood, and I would be the guy behind the camera directing everybody, but they were all very silly little shorts and comedy bits.
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Eating is one of the great pleasures of life.
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My best friend is my husband.
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Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.
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I love to run, and I actually run quite a bit.
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The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn't know I wanted to be a writer, was William Goldman's 'Marathon Man.' That was the first adult thriller that I loved. I read it when I was 15 or so, when my father gave it to me.
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I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.
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Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them too much.
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The last thing we need is women on TV hating each other.
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As a businessperson, I don't have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a taxpayer, we have the right to be critical of the government and demand change.
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Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.
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The business of a novelist is, in my opinion, to create characters first and foremost, and then to set them in the snarl of the human currents of his time, so that there results an accurate permanent record of a phase of history.
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Lots of women are doing time for love and fear.
