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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The castled crag of Drachenfels, Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine, And hills all rich with blossom'd trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scatter'd cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine.
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Having a sincere desire to want growth does not mean at that point you are committing yourself to growth.
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White writers in many cases choose not to populate their fiction with people of color. A lot of what I'm doing is trying to write against that, not about race but against the avoidance of race that's such a dominant model in white literary discourse.
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Remember, what may appear to be the source of one's strength can often also be the source of one's weakness.
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I can't ever remember anyone winning a tournament like that.
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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.
