Jack Gilbert Quotes
Being alive is so extraordinary I don’t know why people limit it to riches, pride, security—all of those things life is built on. People miss so much because they want money and comfort and pride, a house and a job to pay for the house. And they have to get a car. You can’t see anything from a car. It’s moving too fast. People take vacations. That’s their reward—the vacation. Why not the life?
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Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
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My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
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For me, if I'm just killing time, I play solitaire. I'm also guilty of playing Snood. I like games where I can shoot balls and match colors.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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I like being friends with other women who are supportive of women. I think that is important.
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I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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I'm not afraid of special effects, but I see them very much as a means to an end.
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The one thing that the president continues to diminish, which I think is unfortunate, is the fact that the Russian government, at the highest level, deliberately interfered with our election in 2016, and according to all of our experts in the intelligence community, they are coming back with more force in 2018 and 2020.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
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I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.
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We don't worry about the integrity of our game. I'm more focused on the atmosphere in the arena, and that's something we're comfortable with going forward.
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I'm a pro-horserace guy.
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It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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High school wasn't so bad though because, by then, I had worked out that there were far more nerdy kids and poor kids than there were rich, popular kids, so, at the very least, we had them outnumbered.
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The nature of touring is packaging acts together that have strong catalogues of music. It's about making sure that it's a winning combination. It's really about giving people value for their money.
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When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa.
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It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far.
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I'm a travel enthusiast.
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Being alive is so extraordinary I don’t know why people limit it to riches, pride, security—all of those things life is built on. People miss so much because they want money and comfort and pride, a house and a job to pay for the house. And they have to get a car. You can’t see anything from a car. It’s moving too fast. People take vacations. That’s their reward—the vacation. Why not the life?
