Gavin Newsom Quotes
People always thought I'd never get elected outside San Francisco; I was always more worried that I'd never get elected again inside San Francisco.
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
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I think there are two aspects to ageing: there's the physical side and what's happening inside.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
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I have quite a house. People come over and I go, 'I know, I'm sorry.'
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If anything, I was a prodigious eater of everything that was put in front of me. That was probably the only thing my parents wouldn't complain about.
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Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
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A novel, I think, is partly about the contemporary and partly about the eternal, and it's the balance of that that's difficult to achieve.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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I won't allow magazines in the house. When I was younger, I wanted to have my hair cut like so-and-so in the class above me at school, not somebody in a magazine. You see young girls trying to dress like so-and-so because they've seen lots of pictures of them.
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The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
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Just now, Christianity is in the ascendant. Buddhism and Taoism are decadent; their influence cannot long hold its own. Buddhism has long since passed its meridian; Taoism has only demons, not gods.
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When I first read the script a few years ago I thought it was one of the best written scripts I had ever read.
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As long as one person lives in darkness then it seems to be a responsibility to tell other people.
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There are some people who become best friends with everyone they photograph. There are people that I really like and admire and respect, but in a way I think it's better to keep a distance. I think you get better pictures of people that you don't know very well.
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Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.
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When you have a label stuck on you, people tend to believe it. If someone calls you suave and debonair, you only get offered parts in a suit and a collar and tie. It just so happens I wear them reasonably well.
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People always thought I'd never get elected outside San Francisco; I was always more worried that I'd never get elected again inside San Francisco.
