William Lyon Phelps Quotes
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I don't carry a wallet. I keep my cards in my pocket and cash in my boots.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to be the most optimistic person.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
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I love rock n' rollers.
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Tennis is definitely a star for women in sports.
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I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.
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Making the 'An Idiot Abroad' series, I was really dreading going to India; I thought I'd hate it. It was a nightmare, and I was really ill - just like everyone says.
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I apply the three gag rule, which is if I can read a script without gagging more than three times, then maybe I can say yes to this job.
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Writing is a sufficiently lonely and mysterious pastime that I don't begrudge myself a talisman or two, so long as they don't become ways of distracting myself from the glum inescapability of actual work.
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I was elected to solve problems, and I don't think it's conservative to have bad roads; I don't think it's conservative to have bad schools. I don't think it's conservative to have to go through budget crises every two years. So I'm taking the difficult issues straight on. That's what I was elected to do.
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Nature is not the number-one mystery, I’ve learned. It’s the heart that takes top honors.
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It takes great labor to uncover the convincing simple speech of the heart. Poetic candor comes with hard labor, so even does impetuosity and impudence.
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Why is it so many people are afraid to admit they are happy?
