John Gardner Quotes
Talking, talking. Spinning a web of words, pale walls of dreams, between myself and all I see.
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My attitude is govern as if you've run your last race. That's not to say I've run my last race, but govern with a liberation and a freedom; change your mind frame to operate that way.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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When I was in school, you could pick any instrument you want, and they'd teach you how to play it. That changed my life. I loved playing music in school, and it sent me on my path as a musician.
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I started out a die-hard New Yorker but really grew to love working in Los Angeles. Even though I originally wanted to do theater, TV presented more opportunities for me, which led me out west.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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I'm glad we turned into a big-time touring band later in life. In fact, it's almost like we planned it out that way.
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I don't think there is much American music.
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
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The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it's two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it's a good thing.
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Like many kids, I was thrown into recreational soccer in my town, and from there, I grew to love it. Everywhere I went, I carried a soccer ball with me.
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My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.
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Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.
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I can't hold a grudge anyway.
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I think people think of me as this elegant person because they always see me dressed up.
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I say have the night and give people the awards, but why do people want to watch people win awards? What are they getting out of it? I don't quite get it. Because they have awards all the time; there's awards for butchers, the best meat served, but they don't televise it. I don't know why they do it for films or TV programs.
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This is going to sound really funny. I have a poster of Zac Efron on my wall! I think every girl has a poster of him in their room so, why not join the club!
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That is America. That is America. Those bonds of affection; that common creed. We don't fear the future; we shape it. We embrace it, as one people, stronger together than we are on our own.
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Democracies domesticate religious groups to become political players. That's how it works.
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Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.
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The idea of the elite as composed of men and women having a finer moral character is an ideology of the elite.
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Chorus: We must look beneath every stone, lest it conceal some orator ready to sting us. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
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Interplay and interaction are the integral parts of music - they're as important as the notes.
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Any email that contains the words 'important' or 'urgent' never are, and annoy me to the point of not replying out of principle.
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Talking, talking. Spinning a web of words, pale walls of dreams, between myself and all I see.
