Michael Parkinson Quotes
No creaking gates, no gothic towers, no shuttered windows. Yet for the past ten months this house has been the focus of an astonishing barrage of supernatural activity.
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Every year when I put away my winter clothes and get out my summer clothes, they fit. And I haven't been on a diet since the Reagan administration.
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I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.
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There are a lot of eating disorders in our sport, so I try very hard not to get consumed by all that.
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I lost my confidence.
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The most important political task facing the out-of-power party - the Democrats for now - is creating a villain to run against. It's certainly easier than developing some grand new ideas or policies on which to campaign.
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I am not the first player to have sworn on TV and I won't be the last.
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Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.
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What kind of moron would go to work for half the amount of money, when they could sit at home and collect what's written in a contract?
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Teenagers only have to focus on themselves - its not until we get older that we realize that other people exist.
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I won't give up my day job of design.
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When I was thinking of video ideas for this song, I wanted it to reflect the energy of the music and express the big eye roll that 'Sit Here and Cry' is. I had a very specific visual vision for it, and when I saw Sam Siske's reel, I knew he was going to get it.
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I don't know why I should have to learn Algebra... I'm never likely to go there.
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Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of her. I'm fascinated more by her defects - they are funnier than her other qualities.
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My senior year I was basically supporting myself, so it was like, Do you want to eat and pay the rent, or do you want to go to school? I wanted to eat and pay the rent.
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Painting is about the beauty of space and the power of containment.
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A good teacher sees the commonality of all human beings
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Do not accept gifts; [because] that is bribery.
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People have the strength to overcome their bodies. Their beauty is in their minds.
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Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.
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The information society should serve all of its citizens, not only the technically sophisticated and economically privileged.
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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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Halloween seems to last forever, until it is finally time to put on one's costume and demand candy from strangers.
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I've always been like nah, I'm going to have it my way, that way, when I look out that window at the end of the day, I can say I did it my way, whether it's on a higher level, or a level where I can just maintain, I can still say I did it my way.
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No creaking gates, no gothic towers, no shuttered windows. Yet for the past ten months this house has been the focus of an astonishing barrage of supernatural activity.
