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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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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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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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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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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What the trees can do handsomely-greening and flowering, fading and then the falling of leaves-human beings cannot do with dignity, let alone without pain.
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I feel so bad about my MBE now that I am going to tie it around my cat.
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We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us.
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John and I had a few meetings about what direction the sequel should take. I made some real insane suggestions. True to what you'd expect, he ignored them all and just picked up Halloween II where the original left off.
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I am sure that no man asks mercy and grace with true meaning, but if mercy and grace have first been given him.
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You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot.
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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.
