Jack Gilbert Quotes
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I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats.
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I always struggle auditioning, actually, because I'm so obsessed with era-appropriate clothing.
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You must prune dead or dying wood.
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You have to treat Hollywood like it's your boyfriend - he's there all the time.
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I am an Indian to the core.
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I play guitar and sing when I'm not busy with school and acting.
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The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.
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I have asked my mom and my sister a couple times if I should post something or not. Or if they think a video is funny.
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There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
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When we first started playing in the early days, none of us really had any idea about writing our own songs yet. We were struggling how to learn our instruments and play songs to be able to perform for people.
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I make an awesome soup with coconut milk and shrimps; it takes me five hours to prepare the whole thing. It does become very spicy, but you can definitely taste all the ingredients.
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God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
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I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
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What I call my 'self' now is hardly a person at all. It's mainly a meeting place for various natural forces, desires, and fears, etcetera, some of which come from my ancestors, and some from my education, some perhaps from devils. The self you were really intended to be is something that lives not from nature but from God.
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I do know what my first meal in the next world would be... Spaghetti Aglio e Olio, heavy on everything.
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In Argentina, we're surrounded by polo ponies. The farm covers roughly 170 hectares, and there are no cattle or sheep, just horses.
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Josh Brolin is fascinating to watch because he is just so effortless. It's like watching a really gifted athlete run, and I just didn't have that.
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I was home-schooled for my entire high school experience, so I never went to prom.
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We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.
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Muslims must speak out and explain who they are, what they believe in, what they stand for, what is the meaning of their life. They must have the courage to denounce what is said and done by certain Muslims in the name of their religion.
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Last week I did a piece for Style on advice to Laura Bush about how to help her husband. This week it's religion. It just depends on what I find interesting at the moment.
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We are all burning in time, but each is consumed at his own speed.
