Chris Gibson Quotes
I will always remember the fear in the faces of the executed. That's the first day I felt the devil's presence.
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I've been searching for ways to heal myself, and I've found that kindness is the best way.
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In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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There's all sorts of stuff people want to publish anonymously.
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A lot of authors, judging by their list, will put anything out that they finish... That's the worst model I've heard of in my life. It's just idiotic. Why wouldn't you just wait for the good ones?
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end.
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Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.
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The future ain't what it used to be.
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For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
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It's very disincentivizing to have others take care of your needs.
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Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, 'You've got such a pretty face; why don't you lose some weight?' Over the years I've realised that my body is a certain type, and I have learned to accept it.
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You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
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Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.
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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.
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From 'Trainspotting' to 'Acid House,' I moved from urban realism into fantasy.
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I learned a tremendous amount about dialogue because I suffered as an actor.
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I'm vegetarian and stick to a strict health regime of brown rice, tofu, salads and soya milk. When I'm at home in Somerset, I buy almost everything in the local farmshops including Barleymow's in Chard. I always get organic - I like happy hens.
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Society has low standards for what is considered good or great music.
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That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.
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The aggression. The love. The joy. The pain. All those feelings and emotions that come from the music are Chicago. Chicago pretty much made me the man that I am. It's in my name. I have no choice but to accept and embrace that.
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A triumphalist corporate capitalism, free at last of the specter of Communism, has mobilized its economic power to relentlessly marginalize all nonmarket values; to subordinate every aspect of American life to corporate 'efficiency' and the bottom line; to demonize not only government but the very idea of public service and public goods.
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I prayed to dispel my fear, until suddenly, and I do not know how the idea came to me, I began to pray for others. I prayed for everyone who came into my thoughts - - people with whom I had traveled, those who had been in prison with me, my school friends of years ago. I do not know how long I continued my prayer, but this I do know - - my fear was gone! Interceding for others had released me!
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I will always remember the fear in the faces of the executed. That's the first day I felt the devil's presence.
