Jack Garratt Quotes
The best music is the music which brings out something of you that you didn't know was there before, or you did know was there but had avoided.
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There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are prepared to live in the presence of the Savior. And there can be blessings in the burdens we bear. As a result of these struggles, our souls are stretched and our spirits are strengthened. Our character becomes more Christlike as we are tried and tested.
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On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.
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I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.
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Ugh - I wish I could just sit back and watch TV sometimes.
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I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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Time was God's first creation.
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Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up again in this country a bit and also the big companies, because they're so big, they need big sales really so they're not really interested.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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I was never one of those surly teenagers who doesn't smile. My lovely godfather said it was always lovely to see me because I was the only teenager who smiled. And I was so in awe of him, I thought it was one of the best things anyone had ever said to me. So it made me want to live up to what he said.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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I've probably read more bad science fiction than anyone else alive. But I've also read more good science fiction than anyone else alive.
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I buy way too many books.
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In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of passion and the weaknesses to which our nature is subject, as in the acquiring of virtue.
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A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.
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I will never regret not denouncing apartheid.
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I don't separate things out between what's personal and what's my work. My passion is personal.
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I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.
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There is a lot wrong with the church.
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People always understand everything in retrospect.
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Whatever I write has to evolve around my taste in music at that moment, because that always changes.
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I'm hopefully touring with Colin Baker next year in Perfect Strangers. I have performed with Sylvia Simms in poetry and music evenings. I would love to do those for the rest of my career - they are so fun and witty.
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The best music is the music which brings out something of you that you didn't know was there before, or you did know was there but had avoided.
