Jim Gilmore Quotes
It's not enough to tell people to be creative; they need to know how, and what to create.
Quotes to Explore
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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My parents were the good parents that said, 'You should try and get a good job and go to college and get an education.'
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I know one of the reasons God gave me kids was to test my patience.
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I'm very much a hypochondriac, worried about dying, and not having enough time to work with the people I want to work with and being fulfilled as an actor.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.
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A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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I never dreamt, in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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It's nice to just be a kid and hang out with your friends at lunch.
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The thought of going on tour with people like Toyah Wilcox is just appalling. I'm certainly not tempted.
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America didn't invent human rights. Those rights are common to all people: nations, cultures, and religions cannot choose to simply opt out of them.
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Resolve to be among the top 20% of salespeople who make 80% of the sales.
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But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live. Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom. Only a person who risks is free. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; and the realist adjusts the sails
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It's not enough to tell people to be creative; they need to know how, and what to create.
