Richard Parks Bland Quotes
The last fight for the white metal is to be made here in this country and in this House, my friends.
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Many financial and industrial companies have been bailed out with the public's money, but very few of those who had run those companies have been punished for their failures. Yes, the top managers of those companies have lost their jobs - but with a fat pension and mostly with a handsome severance payment.
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I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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I find a lot of young filmmakers make too much of an effort to be trendy and they can be pretentious.
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One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.
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We have people working for us full-time because they were forced to retire at 65. I know that I never want to stop working, and I am glad that I can offer positions to others who feel the same way.
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Every action is seen to fall into one of three main categories, guarding, hitting, or moving. Here, then, are the elements of combat, whether in war or pugilism.
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I'm a loser on Sunday. Yeah, I'm a couch potato. I get up and try and eat and then back on the couch. And watch anything.
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Cleanses and products don't make you look more beautiful. They certainly help, but if you reach contentment, you're set. My makeup artist, Melanie Iglesias, couldn't figure out why my skin looks so good. I think it's because I'm happy!
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There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.
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Stay externally focused - on your customers - and focus internally when you have to hire.
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For me personally, I'm an activist, so I see a lot of turmoil and heartache in the world and tragedy.
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Why is every great children's story about a journey? Maybe that's because we are always on one.
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A celebrity now is someone who's on the telly.
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I desire not to keep my place in this government an hour longer than I may preserve England in its just rights, and may protect the people of God in such a just liberty of their consciences...
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I am dead: dead, but in the Elysian fields.
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My parents came over from Barbados in the late 1950s and early '60s.
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The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me.
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I want to marry and have kids. The things we all want.
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Me and my dad are friends. We're cool. I'll never be disappointed again, because I don't expect anything anymore from him. I just let him exist, and that's how we get along.
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You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change.
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I don't take myself as seriously as some people think, and I'd hate anyone to think I was preaching. That's the last thing I want.
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In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many politicians judge their success by how high their enemies are and whether they can show that they can hold their ground and give a punch for every punch they take.
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The last fight for the white metal is to be made here in this country and in this House, my friends.
