David Gerrold Quotes
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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It's funny, because I have periods where I just kind of go dark. I don't tweet, I don't talk, I don't interview, and then I have times where I do.
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Athletes don't like to get up early, but it never bothered me.
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Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
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I was about 13 or 14 when I heard Malcolm X's speech 'Message to the Grass Roots.'
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.
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Every guy should own one good pair of jeans.
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I think sometimes good sentimentality is fun when it's balanced.
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I hope to stay light on my feet, to work in many modes, to seek inspiration always, and avoid the fatal. But, as we all know, it is the price of life to burn out, both metaphorically and literally.
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The real purpose of welfare is to get rid of poor people entirely. Everybody knows welfare has bad effects; that's the point.
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I like to call the ethos I grew up with 'Oklahoma values.' But you'd be just as accurate if you said 'American values.' Except for our lack of a seacoast, Oklahoma has a little bit of just about everything that's American.
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I don't invest in companies where my mental model is that they need to get themselves acquired in the next few years - or ever.
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The way I work with my cinematographer is not based on general principles, but the ideas are triggered by the locations where we shoot.
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I honestly don't diet or work out regularly. I'm just always running around - you'll never catch me having a day on the sofa.
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I went to New York University to study experimental theatre in 2006 and was there pretty consistently until 2011.
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I feel lucky in that I don't really have to go to college to study something job-specific. I just want to go to learn about what is interesting to me and learn about the classes that you don't really get to take in high school because you have to take the basics.
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I'm big about washing my face before I go to bed, washing it when I wake up in the morning, getting good sleep and drinking a lot of water. Those are just easy things that you can do for your skin.
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The first rock stars were incredibly theatrical. Little Richard and Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley - they were theater artists.
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Never insult seven men if you're only carrying a six shooter.
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Everybody knew James Brown. Every musician dreamed of being in his band.
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I do count on a changing of tides. All too often, what could be a critics' darling today becomes tomorrow's target. I don't want to be too blasé about it.
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I think I exist, therefore I exist. I think.
