Michael Parkinson Quotes
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For most of my time in Tallahassee, I did a lot of transportation.
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Students are very gullible about the web. The only way you can really sort out information on the web is if you've had a prior training in book culture.
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What I'm concerned about is making sure that every single time somebody who grew up with us goes off to a different platform or a different device, we're going to be there with a Univision-branded product of some kind.
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I don't need someone with a hot body. He can be fat or overweight and have a belly. It's very much about style and substance and humor, interest, curiosity and really being smart.
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Sometimes we all work so hard to overcome various things, and we are very cruel as a society and tough on people who we think aren't trying hard enough.
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Venezuela, given its extraordinary educational, cultural, and social developments, and its vast energy and natural resources, is called on to become a revolutionary model for the world.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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You can tell a lot about a person just by watching their facial expressions. But there are times when it's best to hide your feelings, especially at work.
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For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done.
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I love Lady Gaga and I love Katy Perry and R&B and rap music... I love big, American pop music.
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Americans are generally decent and fair people with a commitment to sense, but some of us, swept up by our passions, wade too far into a sea of sensibility.
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I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.
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I wasn't an easy, happy-go-lucky girl because I used to think about everything so much, and I think I probably still do.
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You'd never look at a Rembrandt and say, 'That's just wood and canvas and paint - how much?!' It's all about how many people want it. It works on a pair of jeans as well - they're just material and stitching, and as soon as you walk out of the shop, they're worth nothing.
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The Tea Party has imparted political energy to common-sense American constitutionalism.
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Religion and slavery are incompatible.
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I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal.
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I want to be up front racing.
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I also love a quiet placeThat's green, away from all mankind;A lonely pool, and let a treeSigh with her bosom over me.
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Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years.
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I guess I'm just quite observant and I pay attention to a lot of things. Human behavior really fascinates me.
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I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock 'n' roll!
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Kids end up seeing my movies anyway but some of the mothers get mad at me so I figured I'd make one that I can't get yelled at for.
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Presenting feels like it did 50 years ago, but the pay's a lot better.
