Norm Phelps Quotes
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There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
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Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.
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You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.
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I love 'Chaplin'; I mean I really love 'Chaplin.' I just think there's a grace and an elegance that's almost never been matched.
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I am writing about people who are alive in the city of New York during mid-20th-century America. And these people are like a character in a play or they are figures in a short story or a novel.
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If longevity is the best index to measure a company, a basic requirement is the ability of the corporation to generate new and new leaders.
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It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power.
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The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
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The moment to tell my barber I was gay just never came up.
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I love apple juice.
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We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system.
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Fraud is common when you give away billions. Fraud related to Hurricane Katrina spending is estimated to top $2 billion. In addition, debit cards provided to hurricane victims were used to pay for Caribbean vacations, NFL tickets, Dom Perignon champagne, 'Girls Gone Wild' videos, and at least one sex change operation.
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It's just the game itself that drives me. I just want to be able to compete at a high level.
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My kids know there's no candy, no soda, until the weekend. Those are the days they get to indulge in their sweets. We're big on organic food. I'm not a diet guy; I don't believe in diets. I just believe in a great meal plan.
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Somehow, even though you have less time and less money, the thing about making indie films is somehow you have another kind of resource: a human resource, where you can really look to your creative colleagues and actually ask questions that are honest.
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I can't divorce myself from my childhood. I try to write as much fiction as I possibly can, but there are so many things that are touchstones of my childhood like being on the swim team and playing soccer and the particularities of sports season and environments that make their way into my books.
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'The nature of morality must be considered, and preferably before one is exposed to situations where a moral decision is required.'
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Rinnzekete bee bee nnz krr müü?ziiuu ennze, ziiuu rinnzkrrmüü,rakete bee bee,
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I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in Europe. Greeks, especially on the islands, have shown extraordinary compassion and they've rightly earned the admiration of the world.
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Everyone wants to be loved; everyone wants to know where they're going in life; everyone wants to have a sense of direction and feel the next day is going to be better than today. We just all deal with it in a different way.
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At the end of the day, if you can't say a line right, it does not matter who your contacts are.
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The media does play a vital role in our democracy, and if we cannot depend on journalistic ethics, the nation's in trouble.
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It is a feeble compassion that pulls up short where self-interest begins.
