Will Phillips
Will Phillips
Will Phillipsis an American student from West Fork, Arkansas. At the age of ten, while a fifth grader at West Fork Elementary School in 2009, Phillips gained international attention for his refusal to say the Pledge of Allegiance because of social-political reasons...
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It was certainly a shock when he told us. He did so much for people, not just for music, and that's his legacy.
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It was the equivalent of Bill Gates saying,
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It was the Cabbage Patch doll and Tickle Me Elmo of its time -- the thing you really hoped would be under the tree when you got up Christmas morning.
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It was a whale of a win for our team. We're doing really well.
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It was asking a lot of these kids. The pressures were very demanding and we needed something to motivate them to participate.
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It was at Juilliard that I realized that being a singer encompasses so many things that I am interested in. Literature, languages, physics, history, art. You really get to explore so many things.
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It's about educating our residents new and old about each other and exposing them to the nuances of every culture.
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Dad was never the type to write a 'gotcha' book. He was never going to divulge things that coaches had spoken with him in private. He may not have agreed with all the decisions the coaches made, but he supported them.
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Dad was in position with having to move on. He and Hatfield struck up a relationship, had a lot of the same life experiences, and they had a friendship that continued until the day Dad died.
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Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks.
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Concert repertoire is some of the most beautiful music ever written, and I frequently seek out opportunities to perform it.
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(The NHL is) trying to create more excitement around the games u not that we need that (against the Leafs), but it's definitely exciting.
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You think you're so clever but I can see you. Go away!
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Eventually we want to have six or seven people up there, and as soon as we get a third person up there we can multiply the amount of science up there.