Delia Parr (Mary Lechleidner) Quotes
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The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep and doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage.
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In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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I think I would like to have lived in the 1930s and worn beautiful bias cut dresses all the time.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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I really, really enjoy comedy. I think that's one of my strong suits. It's my zone. And people don't expect it from me, which is a whammy.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job.
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I don't think you should have everybody's information from their bank. There should be some process: accusations and proof that you've committed a crime.
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The joke is mightier than the sword.
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All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination.
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I try to be a good father, and my kids are the most important thing in my life.
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I was not put on this earth to listen to meat!
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Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back.
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I know the Hall of Fame is the more sought-after thing. But I'm getting a bigger charge out of my uniform number being put away. Everything I worked hard for and wished for came true.
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I have done the company lifestyle for 16 years, and ballet has changed.
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Call waiting was, for me, that was like the best invention ever, because there was four kids in my family, and to get on the phone was impossible.
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There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.
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I've been nominated for Emmys and Golden Globes, but I've never won one and I probably never will.
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I literally coded Facebook in my dorm room and launched it from my dorm room. I rented a server for $85 a month, and I funded it by putting an ad on the side, and we've funded ever since by putting ads on the side.
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How do I speak Spanish? Not too well. Paz taught me a few words that, if people weren't nice to me, I could tell them a few things. I got to study with [chef] Thomas Keller, who we all love as a guy and Jim had a relationship with him at [his restaurant] the French Laundry.
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I prefer being totally sober myself.
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It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.
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People care about what newspapers tell them to care about.
