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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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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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 went through the extremes of amazing notoriety and also the dreaded things that you never thought you'd have to live through. Not everything works the way you want it to, but if I sit back and think, 'Am I happy about this?' Yeah. I wouldn't have done anything any better.
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I will say I am the sum of my books.
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Excellence always sells.
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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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From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.
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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 develop my work in a time that, from my point of view, is much more # romantic than the present day
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A sculptor is supposed to be a dull dog anyway, so why should he not break out in colour sometimes, and in my case I'd as soon be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
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It's not about what you tell your children, but how you show them how to live life.
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We have come to expect campaigns to be mean and stupid and politicians to be unresponsive, self-seeking and for sale to the highest bidder. We make jokes about our vice president, and all we ask of a president is that he be likeable. We seem to have given up on the Pentagon's corrupt use of our tax dollars.
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There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life.
