William Lyon Phelps Quotes
There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life.
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The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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The last thing I wanted was to be with someone who's the same age as me and wanted the limelight, wanted the attention. There's lots of girls out there who do.
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Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians.
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I only use my sick days for hang-overs and soap opera weddings.
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I don't drink tea or coffee. I'm like a child: I like fruit juices and sodas and creamy hot chocolate.
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I will say I am the sum of my books.
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In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way.
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I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.
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I love trying new restaurants.
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Stuff that I write isn't as similar to the stuff that I'm in, but I don't really care. I just do comedy.
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Love is so unconditional; love liberates; love is the reason why I do what I do, and so I think it is the greatest gift we have.
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I love dive bars, old movie theaters, live music and good food. The simplest things in life for me are the most important.
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My hobbies include maintaining my physical and mental health. It's a full-time job. Yoga definitely helps for both of them. I'm a big fan of relaxing and not having a schedule. That's my best way to keep from going crazy.
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I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls that he made from his office. We know that there were visits to the Buddhist temple.
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We've only explored about five percent of our ocean. There are great discoveries yet to be made down there, fantastic creatures representing millions of years of evolution and possibly bioactive compounds that could benefit us in ways that we can't even yet imagine.
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I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning.
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
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I don't write a great song every day. I don't write a great song every couple weeks. It comes in such random times.
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The first step towards attaining a higher standard of holiness is to realize more fully the amazing sinfulness of sin.
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If you truly dislike something, you are going to work harder than you ever did before. You will strive with all your breath and strength to find a way out.
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What we drug people have, that you don't, is repeatability.
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Writing reminds you of how much there is in your life that stands outside your explanations. In that way, it's almost a journey into faith and doubt at once.
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There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life.
