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“Phil Gramm had a stump speech about how his mother's devotion kept him from being an academic failure in life. She got him into a special school that turned him around - under a government program for the children of deceased veterans. He was repeatedly asked at press conferences why he would then turn around and support draconian cuts in federal funding for education. He never had an answer.”
“Phil Harris and Pat Boone were once paired as guests on an episode of Andy Williams' TV show. During a rehearsal break, Harris suggested the three of them go out for a drink. When Boone declined, explaining he did not drink, Harris asked Williams, "Andy, can you imagine getting up in the morning knowing that's the best you're going to feel all day?"”
“Phil Hartman was brilliant, and Dave Foley is a really funny guy. Phil Hartman was actually even funnier offstage than he was onstage because he would say nasty things. Dave Foley's very funny, very witty guy, very quick.”
“Phil has always been a fighter. He was getting in fights all the time. I told him that if he ever hit me then I would leave the band. He wanted to find out if I was telling him the truth. He hit me so I left and that is how UFO split up.”
“Phil Hicks was the guy that was in the ROTC, that was going to go into the Vietnam War and thought that was the responsibility of the citizen.”
“Phil Jackson would fight his own players in practice.”
“Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate. I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.”
“Phil Ramone and Quincy Jones were very close. Phil Ramone was one of the greatest record producers of all time. I don't know if they talk about him enough in the film, but he produced [Frank] Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, all of Billy Joel, Paul McCartney - Phil Ramone was one of the major record engineers and producers.”
“Phil Ramone is very special. Barbra Streisand or Diana Ross... they are the best.”
“Phil Robertson and his family are great citizens of the State of Louisiana. The politically correct crowd is tolerant of all viewpoints, except those they disagree with. I don’t agree with quite a bit of stuff I read in magazine interviews or see on TV. In fact, come to think of it, I find a good bit of it offensive. But I also acknowledge that this is a free country and everyone is entitled to express their views. In fact, I remember when TV networks believed in the First Amendment. It is a messed up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh, and Phil Robertson gets suspended.”
“Phil Robson is a disturbingly good jazz guitar player!”
“Phil Spector is probably a better date than Roman Polanski.”
Source: Check, Please!: Dating, Mating, and Extricating
“Phil Taylor's got the consistency of a planet ... and he's in a darts orbit!”
“Phil took us to the finals three out of the five years and you want to fire him and want to bring in Mike Krzyzewski? Come on, man. That's like being married to J-Lo, then dropping J-Lo for a girl that's 5-10, 480 (pounds).”
“Phil was mumbling that Reuben might become a writer after all and writers had a way of "redeeming everything that ever happens to them.”
“Phil, we're the laughing stock of the nation,"
said Hobbs Creek mayor to police chief, "We
have a cop who faints at the sight of blood!”
Source: Under the Bus
“Philadelphia caught my attention in 1995 when a group of homeless families were living in an abandoned cathedral. Even from the beginning they connected theology with what they were doing. They put a banner on the front of the cathedral that said, "How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday."”
“Philadelphia Eagles fans are the most passionate fans in America,
They would run or even walk miles, just to see those birds flying high.”
“Philadelphia fans would boo funerals, an Easter egg hunt, a parade of armless war vets and the Liberty Bell.”
“Philadelphia has more to offer than Cheesesteaks and WAWA hoagies,
Here’s a list of ten places you’ll enjoy while visiting this beautiful city of Brotherly Love.
The Betsy Ross House- 239 Arch Streets
Reading Terminal Market-12th and Arch Streets
Boat House Row/Kelly Drive-1 Boathouse Row
National Constitution Center-525 Arch St
Delaware River Waterfront-121 N. Columbus Blvd
The Liberty Bell-526 Market St
Benjamin Franklin Parkway-
Franklin Institute-222 N 20th St
Philadelphia Museum of Art-2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
City Hall and its Observation deck-1400 John F Kennedy Blvd”
“Philadelphia has more to offer than Philadelphia has more to offer than Cheesesteaks and Wawa Hoagies
Here’s a list of ten places to visit and you’ll never regret visiting this beautiful city of Brotherly Love.
The Betsy Ross House- 239 Arch Streets
Reading Terminal Market-12th and Arch Streets
Boat House Row/Kelly Drive-1 Boathouse Row
National Constitution Center-525 Arch St
Delaware River Waterfront-121 N. Columbus Blvd
The Liberty Bell-526 Market St
Benjamin Franklin Parkway-
Franklin Institute-222 N 20th St
Philadelphia Museum of Art-2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
City Hall and its Observation deck-1400 John F Kennedy Blvd
and WaWa Hoagies
Here’s a list of ten places to visit and you’ll never regret visiting this beautiful city of Brotherly Love.
The Betsy Ross House- 239 Arch Streets
Reading Terminal Market-12th and Arch Streets
Boat House Row/Kelly Drive-1 Boathouse Row
National Constitution Center-525 Arch St
Delaware River Waterfront-121 N. Columbus Blvd
The Liberty Bell-526 Market St
Benjamin Franklin Parkway-
Franklin Institute-222 N 20th St
Philadelphia Museum of Art-2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
City Hall and its Observation deck-1400 John F Kennedy Blvd”
“Philadelphia is a depressing intellectual slum”
“Philadelphia is the most pecksniffian of American cities, and thus probably leads the world.”
Source: The American Language: A Preliminary Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States
“Philadelphia is the only city, where you can experience the thrill of victory and the agony of reading about it the next day.”
“Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.”
“Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Fill'd with death, ya pens'll hang ya.”
“Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch.”
Source: Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels
“Philadelphia's charm extends far beyond its famous cheesesteaks and hoagies; these ten must-visit spots will help you experience the true heart of the City of Brotherly Love.
The Betsy Ross House
Reading Terminal Market
Boat House Row/Kelly Drive
National Constitution Center
Reading Terminal Market
The Liberty Bell
Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Franklin Institute
Philadelphia Museum of Art
City Hall and its Observation deck”
“Philadelphia
Your liberty Bell still rings.
Freedom, from Philadelphia
Still rings.
Freedom rings....
Liberty
Rings.
This is the heart of the USA,
The point where our heart
Incarnated.
Men gathered here
To sign three sacred contracts:
First, The Declaration of Independence,
Then, the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
And they said to the world
"By God,
Let Freedom Ring.”
Source: The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book of Poems Honoring Our American Values
“Philadelphia, the foundation of freedom, liberty and democracy, I still believe in the idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
“Philadelphia, wonderful town, spent a week there one night”
“Philadelphians are every whit as mediocre as their neighbors, but they seldom encourage each other in mediocrity by giving it a more agreeable name.”
Source: American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier
“Philanderers and swingers can see nothing beyond the needs of their genitals. Sexual craving is a part of our biology, but it is not who we are.”
Source: Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy
“Philando Castile, a school cafeteria worker who frequently paid for the lunches of kids who couldn't afford to eat, was stopped for minor traffic issues fifty-two times before he was stopped for a broken tail light and shot to death by police with his girlfriend filming.”
Source: Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
“Philanthropic colonization is a failure. National colonization will succeed.”
Source: Herzl Speaks His Mind on Issues, Events, and Men
“Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient - philanthropic prudence is also needed.”
“Philanthropic leaders genially speak of complementing government, not competing with it as if monopoly were good and competition destructive-thus unwittingly conspiring against the public interest.”
“Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.”
Source: The Picture Of Dorian Gray
“Philanthropies and charities have a certain air of quackery.”
Source: Essays and Lectures
“Philanthropist is the thought which should be followed by the world.”
“Philanthropist, n.: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.”
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Philanthropreneurship can be described as the emerging practice of bringing social change in new and creative ways. This practice includes the financial aspect as well as the social aspect. The core idea of philanthropreneurship is about the skills which enable people to make others fortunes by working with startups and giving back. These are often the ones required to solve almost all the intractable problems.”
Source: Aman Mehndiratta
“Philanthropy [has become] simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.”
Source: The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde
“Philanthropy can be integrated into business. I believe strongly that companies can be incredible agents of good in the world.”
“Philanthropy can take the risks that others cannot or will not.”
“Philanthropy comes in all sizes but they all weigh the same.”
“Philanthropy has always been something that I've been kind of interested in because I think it was instilled at a very young age through my parents.”
“Philanthropy is activism.”
“Philanthropy is all about making a positive difference in the world by devoting your resources and your time to causes you believe in. In my case, I like to support causes where "a lot of good comes from a little bit of good," or, in other words, where the positive social returns vastly exceed the amount of time and money invested.”
“Philanthropy is an act of giving society what it deserves to have for a better future. Aman Mehndiratta is one of those who have realized their actual duty as a part of the humankind, the duty to serve the society with selfless intentions, the duty to give back society whatever they are given by it. Aman Mehndiratta”