Gary Jennings Quotes
I starved and slept on park benches. I wrapped myself in the pages of my manuscript to keep warm. For two and a half years I took odd jobs; nothing was going to deter me.
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I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit.
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People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'
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It is more important to know how to mix and match the clothes than to spend money.
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When it comes to production and the overall sound, I don't really have a lot of intentions with it. I start off with melody and a lyrical idea, and then build off of that story.
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In Cuba, I would start the first two months hitting around .260 with three or four home runs. After the first half of the season, I would get hot, and that's when I would have my best results.
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It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents.
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Unless you're Gisele, you wake up some days and feel ugly. When that happens, I accept that I'm not perfect and it's OK; I can start over again tomorrow.
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We are paying the price for living longer, collecting degenerative diseases along the way. Cancer is only one. Others are heart and brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinsons.
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Everything about me is a contradiction, and so is everything about everybody else. We are made out of oppositions; we live between two poles. There's a philistine and an aesthete in all of us, and a murderer and a saint. You don't reconcile the poles. You just recognize them.
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A mom can't afford to be sick.
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Part of being a top-20 firm is mind-share.
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My dad was in the movie 'Moonwalker,' and I knew he could sing really well, but I didn't know he could act. I saw that, and I said, 'Wow. I want to be just like him.'
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I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.
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I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I've got.
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At key crossroads in his life, Vernon Davis has continued to make a conscious choice to grow as a person and player. His determination through adversity since his childhood days is commendable.
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I've done some really off-the-wall stuff and stuff that people might not expect. That's one way to work through people's expectations of you.
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Dyeing my hair has become a kind of addiction. I can't see myself as anything other than blond. Once you go blond, you stay blond forever.
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An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.
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Nickelback offered me a full-membership position. That's a great thing.
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I don't take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White House.
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The job is not to succeed but fail more interesting than the last time—- in a more subtle fashion or in a more intriguing way.
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Running a fast time is good; it's better than winning. You can win with a slow time. To me, it doesn't mean anything. I like running a fast race more than a slow race.
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Your friends will need you, too, someday. Maybe not in the same way, maybe not in cash and shelter, but they'll need you - to listen without judging, to invite them over when they're lonely, to show up for their events, to register in whatever way matters to them that they matter to you. Be on the lookout for these opportunities to give back, and do whatever is in your power not to miss many of them.
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I starved and slept on park benches. I wrapped myself in the pages of my manuscript to keep warm. For two and a half years I took odd jobs; nothing was going to deter me.
