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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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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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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Learning has always been made much of, but forgetting has always been deprecated; therefore pedantry has pretty well established itself throughout the modern world at the expense of culture.
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Commencement speech at Howard University, as quoted in 'Obama: Students Need to Stop Shutting Down Speech of People They Disagree With' by Josh Feldman, Mediaite (7 May 2016)
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There are things greater than our wisdom, beyond our justice. The right and wrong of this we cannot say, and it is not for us to judge.
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The Bethlehem profit-sharing system is based on my belief that every man should get exactly what he makes himself worth. This is the only plan I know of which is equally fair to the employers and every class of employee. Someday, I hope, all labor troubles will be solved by such a system.
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It's not enough to tell people to be creative; they need to know how, and what to create.
