Michael Parkinson Quotes
When if comes to ballyhoo, Muhammad Ali made Barnum and Bailey look like non-starters, and he had the incandescent quality of the real star which would have made him famous, even if his gift was knitting not fighting.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.
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I've thought for a long time that my body type would have worked well in the '70s. The idea that you could be a broad-shouldered, small-breasted woman and still wear really great outfits.
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We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.
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I think the thing I'd like to do is just educate the people to some of the travesties they can end.
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What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.
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Even Gaddafi's adversaries assure us that he stood out for his intelligence as a student; he was expelled from high-school for his anti-monarchic activities. He managed to enroll in another high-school and later graduated in law at the University of Benghazi at the age of 21.
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'A Different World' didn't have the blazing success that 'Cosby' had, but it was on for seven seasons, and we got a lot of awards, and a lot of faces came out of that show and have had great careers.
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I was young and felt like it was opportunity 'cause they were moving units back then on the underground scene.
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I have carried the burden of my dad's image since day one. They never see me as just another guy trying to make his career in the film industry. I am always 'Megastar' Chiranjeevi's son first, and Ram Charan only later.
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Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.
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My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.
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If you have the support of people with a heart and a brain, then you're good.
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'I suppose that's what we do in death⎯⎯⎯sleep in wonder.'
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When I break any of the chains that bind me I feel that I make myself smaller.
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Sorry, I don't do castles. I hate those winding turret stairs.
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Margaret had close links with Geneva where she had spent some years as a student while her parents had been wardens of the Quaker Hostel there and where she had gone back as secretary to Gilbert Murray.
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I turned to historical films because they pass censors more easily.
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Contractors always pursue large profit, the customer - a high-quality end product in due time and at a lower cost. This struggle never ends, but this is natural.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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I lived in London for a time in the '90s and I love it here. You know, I just go and see shows and have great dinners and walk around.
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Men and women are from different zip codes. All guys understand - well this is just my opinion - you guys don't understand with words. You guys understand with actions.
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When if comes to ballyhoo, Muhammad Ali made Barnum and Bailey look like non-starters, and he had the incandescent quality of the real star which would have made him famous, even if his gift was knitting not fighting.
